C O LU M N Ⅰ Part Chapter 3 Defense Policies of Countries Column Recent international affairs over Taiwan…………………………… 68 Column The acceleration in the development of weapons on the Korean Peninsula…… 94 Column T he developments of the military cooperation between Russia and China: Column Column Ⅱ Regarding the deployment of Indian and Chinese long-range missiles and other circumstances…… 135 Column Column Regarding the strengthening of research on advanced technologies…… 459 Column T he rivalry between the United States and China for hegemony over economic security: Focusing on export control……………………………………………… 482 Chapter 2 Japan’s Security and Defense Policy Responding to rapidly changing and evolving missile technologies…… 196 Column Establishment of the SDF Cyber Defense Command………………… 207 T he strengthening of defense production and technological base as part of Japan’s defense capabilities…………………………………… 223 Chapter 5 Framework for Activities of the SDF and Others Column Duties of the Self Defense Forces………………………………… 233 R egarding the establishment of the IWAKUNI Maritime Environment Test & Evaluation Satellite (IMETS) at the Naval Systems Research Center…… 454 European countries’ “incline” towards the Indo-Pacific region and the Column Column Ⅲ Chapter 4 Measures on Defense Equipment and Technology VOICE The forefront of the development of domestically produced missiles…… 449 Chapter 4 Build-up of Defense Capability, etc. Part VOICE Service performance of a female SDF personnel…………………… 438 The repercussions of “strategic coordination”………………………… 115 dispatch of naval vessels in rapid succession in 2021……………… 142 Part VOICE Using Work-Life Balance Supports “Balance mission and childcare!”…… 436 Chapter 5 Enhancing Intelligence Capabilities Column Defense Attachés Working around the World……………………… 484 VOICE Voice of a Defense Attaché in Ukraine…………………………… 486 VOICE Voices of Defense Attachés in Various Countries…………………… 487 Chapter 6 Initiatives to Live in Harmony with Regional Society and the Environment Column E mblem Symbolizing Cooperation between the MOD and Regional Society…… 488 Column Regarding the Review 2021……………………………………… 501 Chapter 1 Japan’s Own Architecture for National Defense Column The promotion of measures for strategic communication…………… 236 Column Senkaku Islands, Inherent Part of the Territory of Japan……………… 238 VOICE Voice of MSDF Patrol Aircraft Crew in Charge of Conducting Surveillance Operations…… 239 Column Scrambling against Aircraft Intruding into Japanese Territorial Airspace…… 241 Column Yonaguni and Taiwan…………………………………………… 248 Column Strengthening Stand-off Defense Capabilities……………………… 249 Column Study on Utilization of Satellite Constellations for Missile Defense…… 263 VOICE Regarding the meanings and significance of the newly assigned Electronic Warfare Operations Unit………………………………… 269 VOICE Voices of an SDF personnel who engaged in transporting Japanese nationals, etc. in Afghanistan…… 277 VOICE Learning the process of building peace through road stretching and other activities…… 279 Chapter 2 Japan-U.S. Alliance Column Verification of F-35B takeoff and landing on the destroyer JS “Izumo”…… 298 Chapter 3 Security Cooperation VOICE Dispatch of the U.K. Carrier Strike Group CSG21…………………… 347 VOICE T he first multilateral defense ministers’ meeting hosted by the Ministry of Defense (the MOD) and the voices of personnel who supported it………… 361 VOICE Voices from Commander, Deployment Support Group for Counter Piracy Enforcement…… 379 VOICE Voices from an SDF personnel working in the Combined Task Group 151 (CTG 151)…… 381 VOICE Voices of an SDF personnel who participated in the German Space Situational Awareness Course…… 386 Column E fforts of the Ministry of Defense (the MOD)/the Self-Defense Forces (the SDF) on the 30th anniversary of the enactment and enforcement of the PKO Act…… 393 Ⅳ Part Chapter 1 Measures Relating to Training and Exercises VOICE Voice of SDF personnel who participated in a Ground Self-Defense Force exercise…… 403 VOICE Voice from a participant in Cope North 22………………………… 408 VOICE Voice of the Commander of the Destroyer Unit of the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2021 (IPD21)………………………………………… 410 Chapter 2 Reinforcing Human Infrastructure and Intellectual Infrastructure VOICE V  oices from an SDF ready reserve personnel and the employer of an SDF reserve personnel………………………………………………… 423 VOICE Contributions of Defense Technical Officials………………………… 424 VOICE Voices of SDF Personnel Studying at Graduate Schools at Home or Abroad…… 425 VOICE New SDF Graduates - Voices of Reemployed Personnel and Their Employers…… 428 Maps in this White Paper may contain omissions depending on the design and layout and may not necessarily show the entire Japanese territory. VOICE Voices of an SDF personnel who got a new career and his employer: Younger retired SDF personnel…………………………………… 429 VOICE Aiming to make Tokyo “the safest city in the world”………………… 430 The period covered by this White Paper is up to the end of March 2022, in principle.