The United States and Japan just released their Interim Report on the Revision of the Guidelines for U.S. – Japan Defense Cooperation. Anyone who works U.S.-Japan interoperability issues (from policy to technology) will be interested in the language contained in the report, which is basically an action item from the last U.S. – Japan Security Consultative Committee (SCC) (aka: 2+2) in 2013. At that time, both U.S. and Japan’s Defense Ministers called for a revision of the 1997 Guidelines to enhance capabilities and share a greater portion of the responsibilities. It’s about time!
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ChrisScott
Research Director at OODA LLC
Chris Scott is an experienced department of defense enterprise technology professional and business executive with a long running track record of fielding proven technologies into large organizations. She interacts with senior DoD and IC officials and provides insights to our readers here. She publishes atCTOvision.com forOODA LLC.
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