Japan seeks to deepen defence ties with UAE

ABU DHABI / WAM

Japan is drastically reforming its defence organisations to deal with new combat situations that require a combination of conventional warfare and the new domains of space, cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum, a top Japanese defence official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Monday.
There is potential for further defence cooperation with UAE in such new areas, according to General Koji Yamazaki, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces, who is currently visiting the Emirates.
“We believe that we need to establish more effective defence capabilities. We are not going to stick to conventional ideas on combat situations,” he said in an exclusive interview during his first official visit to the UAE since assuming his post on 1st April this year.
“We are going to expand these relations including in the exchange of defence equipment and technologies.”