Fiscal Power, Undersea Deterrence and Chip Design: East Asia’s New Strategic Equation
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What this report covers
Technologies: Semiconductors, Microelectronics & PCB. A sourced, structured 5-page analysis for European defence and dual-use decision-makers, from the DFM research desk and built on official and primary sources.
About this report
Japan is moving toward a more assertive defence posture by changing both how it raises money at home and what it is prepared to sell abroad. Within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, discussions are under way on an income tax increase from 2027 explicitly earmarked to sustain higher defence outlays, in linea with the government’s commitment to reach defence spending of around 2 percent of GDP by the end of the decade.
At the same time, Tokyo is preparing to ease key operational guidelines on arms exports by scrapping the so-called “five-category rule,” which currently limits the transfer of fully assembled equipment to a narrow set of non-lethal systems.
Key questions this report answers
- How is Japan moving toward a more assertive defence posture by changing both how it raises money at home and what it is prepared to sell abroad?
- What would the Liberal Democratic Party's discussed income tax increase from 2027 fund in relation to reaching around 2 percent of GDP in defence spending?
- How would scrapping the so-called 'five-category rule' ease Japan's operational guidelines on arms exports?
- How do fiscal power, undersea deterrence, and chip design combine into East Asia's new strategic equation?
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