
Japan's National Defence Strategy guidelines will call for expanded Japan-US defence industrial base cooperation and deeper security ties with like-minded countries, while the National Security Strategy is expected to describe the world as entering a period of fundamental transformation, according to sources citing a draft outline.
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Japan is revising three national security documents by year-end, including the National Security Strategy, which is the highest-ranking of the three.
The basic guidelines for the National Defence Strategy will also call for expanded Japan-US cooperation to strengthen the defence industrial base and deeper security ties with like-minded countries, the sources said.
The National Security Strategy, the highest-ranking of the three documents slated for revision by year-end, is likely to describe the world as entering a period of fundamental transformation, the sources said, citing a draft outline.

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