![]() ![]() Partnerships: projecting stability through cooperation.Relations with partners across the globe.The meeting of the G7 followed an extraordinary NATO Summit, which was held at NATO HQ earlier the same day in response to Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. On 24 March 2022, Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Fumio Kishida, met with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO Headquarters in Brussels in the context of the meeting of the G7 Heads of State and Government.At the NATO Brussels Summit in June 2021, Allies agreed to increase dialogue and practical cooperation between NATO and existing partners in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan. This was only one of the latest and more visible political exchanges that NATO has had with Japan at various levels in recent years. For the first time, in December 2020, Japan participated in a NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, together with Australia, Finland, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Sweden and the EU HR/VP, to discuss the shift in the global balance of power and the rise of China.Reflecting Japan’s interest in developing cooperation in cyber defence, it has designated an expert to work at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Tallinn, Estonia.Expanding on the results of previous cooperation, Japanese scientists are researching a semiconductor-based sensing device that will facilitate the identification of explosive chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) materials or special nuclear material at ports and border crossings. Ongoing research and multi-year projects with Japan are aimed, for instance, at advancing procedures and technologies for the safe detection of landmines. Japan is currently engaged in the framework of the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, particularly in activities in the fields of counter-terrorism and the detection and clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance.Most recently, Japan contributed to NATO’s Defence and Related Security Capacity Building (DCB) Trust Fund. These were designed to enhance stockpile management and the physical security of ammunition in Afghanistan and Tajikistan destroy dangerous stocks of pesticides in the Republic of Moldova and clear an ammunition depot in Georgia, as well as contaminated land in Azerbaijan. Japan has made generous contributions to Trust Fund projects in various partner countries.In the 1990s, Japan played a role in stabilising the Balkans, where NATO has led several peace-support operations since the mid-1990s. As a major donor nation, it has contributed to the successful recovery of the Balkans region and its reintegration into the European mainstream. ![]() It also supported various initiatives, including human security projects at the grass roots level in several regions of Afghanistan, and contributed to the Afghan National Army Trust Fund. Earlier, Japan supported efforts to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate former combatants, and to reintegrate insurgents under the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme. It helped to mobilise international support for Afghanistan by organising the Tokyo Conference in July 2012 and pledging USD 5 billion to this end over a five-year period (2009-2013). Japan provided support for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and for wider reconstruction and development efforts in Afghanistan.Support for NATO-led operations and missions Japan has designated a liaison officer to NATO’s Maritime Command. Its Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training squadron has, for example, trained with NATO ships off the coast of Spain and in the Baltic Sea. Japan is particularly interested in training and developing interoperability in the area of maritime security.Since 2014, under the Partnership Interoperability Initiative, Japan has been participating in the Interoperability Platform, which brings Allies together with selected partners that are active contributors to NATO’s operations.Japan’s cooperation with NATO is mutually beneficial and includes:īuilding capabilities and interoperability ![]()
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