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Japan's Revised Whole-Of-Society Economic Agenda

New security policy seeks stability for critical materials, essential infrastructure

Mar 04, 2026
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By: Ryan Hartley
Japan tightens supply chain risk. ©AFP

Japan is moving toward significantly upgrading its economic security as a core element of national strategy, partly out of recognition of China’s demonstrated willingness to deploy economic leverage for political ends to sting Japan, most notably in 2010 and last year by denying it strategic minerals…

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