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October 27, 2026

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Hiroyuki Matsumura

Japan's minister of science and technology, Yohei Matsumoto, speaks during a budget committee session in the Lower House of parliament in Tokyo in December 2025. The government must determine how to connect science, innovation and security while managing the tensions created when their priorities converge.

COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing

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91AV原创 science-security convergence needs guardrails

The connection between science and technology policy and security, however, is not new.

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