Key facts
- Japan will create research hubs at universities and national research institutes by fiscal 2031.
- The hubs will study technologies applicable to defense equipment, including artificial intelligence and space.
- Japan's defense buildup plan is one of three national security documents to be revised by year-end.
Japan will establish research hubs at universities and national research institutes by fiscal 2031 to study technologies that can be applied to defense equipment, the government said, according to Nikkei.
The plan focuses on fields such as artificial intelligence and space. Tokyo aims to create an environment for basic research and to strengthen preparations for what it calls "new ways of warfare."
The government will include a direction in its defense buildup plan to apply the results of outside research institutions to equipment. The defense buildup plan is one of three national security documents to be revised by the end of the year, according to the report.
The report said Japan has lagged in next-generation defense research while the United States and China have pulled ahead.
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