Japan’s gray-zone resilience runs through civilian industry

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. KDDI’s cable-laying and repair capacity, Japan’s intervention in the Makino Milling Machine acquisition, and the Daikin–Shin-Etsu–Hitachi–Tokyo Eco Recycle rare-earth magnet project would seem to belong to separate policy worlds. One concerns digital infrastructure, another industrial equipment and another material recovery. Together, they point [...] The post Japan’s gray-zone resilience runs through civilian industry appeared first on Asia Times .
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