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What Alayasiki actually is: reading Japan's domestic AI defense system through standards, data sovereignty and switch-off risk

On August 27, 2026, Skygate Technologies announced Alayasiki, a domestically developed AI defense system for Japan. It claims conformance with US MIL-STD and NATO APP/STANAG/ADatP, and operation in air-gapped environments. Here is what the system does, why standards conformance and data sovereignty are argued together, and what "switch-off risk" means — drawn from the press release and Japanese government materials.

2026-08-29Ryuta Hamamoto

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Japan's Air Force Is Becoming an Aerospace Force | Reading the 2026 Defense Reorganization

Japan's amended Defense Ministry Establishment Act passed in June 2026. The Air Self-Defense Force will be renamed the Aerospace Self-Defense Force, its first name change in 72 years. What was decided, why space, and what Japan's own defense ministry documents say about how far behind the country is.

2026-08-24Ryuta Hamamoto

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Japan's 2026 Big-Boned Policy on Defense: reading the "transform defense within five years" and economic security from the source

Japan's 2026 Big-Boned Policy on Defense: reading the "transform defense within five years" and economic security from the source.

2026-07-29Ryuta Hamamoto