Japan’s National Defense Strategy aims to “shape a security environment that does not tolerate unilateral changes to the status quo by force; to deter, through cooperation and collaboration with our ally, like-minded countries and others, unilateral changes to the status quo by force.”[1] In support of these goals, the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) is modernizing its defense capabilities, and the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) has increased defense spending by more than 50 percent during...