Japan’s Pacific Defense Pivot: Infrastructure, Logistics, and the New Contest for the Island Chains
Japan is moving to formalize Pacific defense as a core pillar of its security planning, reframing the Pacific-facing approaches as a contested corridor critical to U.S.-Japan mobility and deterrence. The source links this shift to expanded Chinese naval activity beyond the First Island Chain and to Tokyo’s focus on remote-island ports, runways, and surveillance as the practical foundation of resilience.