Japanese Military Expert Talks Defense, Alliances, China, Ukraine and Venezuela | Koji Imaki
Originally published on 29 Oct 2025.
Is Japan's recent defense build-up a shift toward hawkishness, or just an attempt to become a "normal" country? How would Japan, a pacifist nation by constitution, react if its main ally, the US, were to start a war? We dive deep into the unique constraints and surprising flexibility of Japan's military.Today I’m talking to Koji Imaki, a former Pilot and Senior Leader in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force with many flight hours in both the American-made F-35 and the indigenous F-2 fighter jets. Mr. Imaki has worked for decades in the Japanese Self-Defense…
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