Japan’s Resilience: Toward a New Tech Policy for the Age of Economic and National Security

CSDS POLICY BRIEF • 3/2023

By Kazuto Suzuki

13.02.2023

The Japanese Diet has passed a major economic security bill targeting supply chains, critical infrastructure, high-tech research and development and the non-disclosure of sensitive patents. The law to promote economic security is designed to prevent the exercise of economic coercion by hostile countries, China in particular. It will have certain effects on the science and technology policy of Japan, especially for emerging technologies. The aim of the law is to improve the strategic indispensability of Japan in the global supply chain network. Whether the law will have an impact on military capabilities remains to be seen, but there is a good chance that Japan would take advantage of this new opportunity to foster dual-use technologies.

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