When roughly 30 ambassadors to NATO descended on Tokyo this week — the largest delegation of its kind ever to visit Japan — they had a clear objective: to explore how the military alliance’s long-evolving partnership with Tokyo can be translated into tangible cooperation.
From defense industry ties to cutting-edge technologies and shared responses to emerging threats, the diplomats met with top Japanese officials during their three-day trip to discuss areas where the two sides can derive strategic benefits.
As Europe accelerates defense investment and Japan presses ahead with its historic military buildup, two of the envoys told The Japan Times the partnership could act as a force multiplier, combining Japan’s technological prowess and advanced industrial base with NATO’s operational experience and expanding military requirements.
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