Shigeru Kitamura, CEO of Kitamura Economic Security LLC, delivered a lecture on 19 November 2025 at the Morgan Stanley–hosted Asia Pacific Summit 2025 held in Singapore. His address, titled “Japan’s National Defense Playbook under the New Leadership,” examined the outlook for Japan’s defense policy under the newly inaugurated Takichi administration, offering strategic insights into the direction of national security policy in the evolving regional environment.

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