Here is my latest for Sankei Shimbun's JAPAN Forward about Japan's possible constitutional revision

Japan Needs Constitution Change to Have Capabilities to Strike Enemy Bases

Kosuke Takahashi (Tokyo correspondent of IHS Jane's Defence Weekly)

Here is my latest for JAPAN Forward, or Sankei Shimbun's new English-language news and opinion website. I wrote about the necessity of the first-ever amendment to the country’s pacifist post-war constitution, as Japan is about to acquire the ability to strike enemy bases.

産経新聞の英文サイト、JAPAN Forward に寄稿しました。

日本が敵基地攻撃能力の保有を目指すならば、憲法改正が必要との内容です。日本を取り巻く安全保障環境が厳しさを増すなか、日本は民主主義国家として、真っ向から王道を行って、きちんと憲法9条を改正したうえで、防衛力の整備を着々と進めていってほしいもの。解釈改憲の繰り返しで、憲法が形骸化するのが民主主義にとって最悪の事態になると思っております。

My latest pieces for JDW on Japan's defense budget

Here is my latest piece for Jane's Defence Weekly on Japan's defense budget.

●Japan approves defence budget of USD45.7 billion for FY2018（22 December 2017）

Also, here are also my recent pieces for JDW on Japan's defense.

●Japanese cabinet approves deployment of two Aegis Ashore BMD systems（20 December 2017）

●Japan to equip JASDF fighter aircraft with stand-off cruise missiles（08 December 2017）

My latest for Jane's Defence Weekly

Japanese cabinet approves deployment of two Aegis Ashore BMD systems
Kosuke Takahashi - Jane's Defence Weekly
19 December 2017

The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 19 December approved the introduction of two Lockheed Martin Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defence (BMD) systems to counter the growing threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

"North Korea's nuclear and missile development has become a greater and more imminent threat for Japan's national security, and with the two Aegis Ashore systems, we believe we can drastically improve our ballistic missile defense capability to protect Japan continuously and sustainably," said Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera.

The approval allows the Ministry of Defense (MoD) to purchase two units of the advanced air-defence systems to add to Japan's current two-layered BMD system based on ship-borne Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) interceptors and land-based PAC-3 batteries.

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