ISDP Voices

With much talk about Japan currently centering on its response to the coronavirus pandemic, news of high-tech advances in the country’s military technology have largely flown under the radar. Tokyo’s drive for home-grown hypersonic weapons took on further shape in early 2020 when more concrete details emerged from the Research and Development agency in charge. […]

Introduction  As of May 06, 2020, over 15,253 people in Japan have been infected with COVID-19, and 556 individuals have passed away. The Shinzo Abe government has tackled the spread of the virus by quarantining the Diamond Princess cruise ship (which at the beginning of its quarantine had ten infected people on board), calling for […]