Economic Security 2021 Fiscal Year Report

Abstract

Ensuring Japan's technological and industrial competitiveness is an important issue from the perspective of economic security. Given Japan's current advanced technological capabilities, it is necessary to consider the kind of technology that should receive investment from the viewpoint of mid- to long-term economic security; also important is how technology policy should be formulated. In fiscal year 2021, the Economic Security Study Group of Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) examined AI/machine learning, quantum computers, and next-generation communication technologies, particularly from the perspective of ensuring Japan's superiority and thus indispensability, and compiled a set of recommendations.