{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60ddc2c98471380013ddd178/69fdd328668fe6d31f4a39fb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Japan’s defence-export reform with Miyagawa Makio and Michishita Narushige","description":"<p>Robert Ward hosts Ambassador Miyagawa Makio, former senior Japanese diplomat, and Professor Michishita Narushige, Professor of International Security Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, for an in-depth discussion on the recent reform of Japan’s defence-export policy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Together, they explore:</p><ul><li>The historical background of Japan’s defence-export policy</li><li>The recent shift in Japan’s defence-export policy</li><li>The perspectives of Japan’s US ally and strategic partners on the recent policy shift</li><li>Opportunities and challenges for Japan as a defence equipment and technology exporter</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Recommended readings from our guests:</p><ul><li>Agawa Naoyuki, <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Friendship-Across-Seas-Maritime-Self-Defense/dp/4866580550\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Friendship Across the Seas: The US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force</em></a>, (Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2019), 308pp.</li><li>Doi Yasuaki, <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tainichi-Keizai-Senso-1939-Economic/dp/489514187X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tainichi Keizai Sensō: 1939–1941 [Economic War against Japan: 1939–1941]</em></a>, (Tokyo: Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2002), 302pp.</li><li>Tobe Ryoichi, Teramoto Yoshinari, Kamata Shinichi, Suginoo Yoshio, Murai Tomohide and Nonaka Ikujiro, <a href=\"https://www.diamond.co.jp/book/9784478370131.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Shippai no Honshitsu [The Essence of Failure: An Organisational Study of the Imperial Japanese Military]</a>, (Tokyo: Diamond, 1984), 304pp.</li><li>Michishita Narushige, <em>The Maritime Strategy and the US–Japan Alliance: Fighting the Cold War in the Pacific</em>, (Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, forthcoming 2027).</li></ul><p><br></p><p>We hope you enjoy the episode. Please follow, rate, and subscribe to Japan Memo on your preferred podcast platform. If you have any comments or questions, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:japanchair@iiss.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">japanchair@iiss.org</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Date recorded: <strong>23 April 2026</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Japan Memo is recorded and produced at the IISS in London.</p>","author_name":"The International Institute for Strategic Studies"}