Equipment development, to coordinate with each other, such as Germany = provision of tank technology - Ministry of Defense

Such as for cost reduction of defense equipment development, the Ministry of Defense was a firm policy to enter the adjustment aimed at joint development with Germany. It has in mind the mutual provision of tank technology, held a working-level talks in Germany of month, to undertake concrete studies.

Measures received that the overseas transfer of defense technology requirements have been relaxed in the three principles defense equipment relocation alternative to the three principles of arms exports. There is also aim to deepen security cooperation with Germany North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a (NATO) major countries.

Netherlands, Austria, Spain, and Denmark is adopted, the German Army tank "Leopard 2" has become the standard equipment of the European countries. Type 90 tank of the Ground Self-Defense Force, which uses imported the gun barrel of Rheinmetall's is one of the developer of Leopard 2, there is an exchange experience in tank development in between Japan and Germany.

First, with respect to Germany, the Ministry of Defense intends to reach out the mutual provision of tank-related technology. The appeal to the German side the small size and high mobility is a characteristic of the 10 Tank of GSDF state-of-the-art, to explore the possibility of joint development of the successor to the Type 90 and Leopard 2 in the future.

According to the report of the 2009-13 year the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute of Sweden (SIPRI) has announced, German arms exporter in the world's third-largest, behind the U.S. and Russia. Ministry of Defense's intention to operate with cooperation with Germany with the technical capabilities of NATO's leading, you want to lead to suppression of equipment development costs. Already, Japan is promoting the joint development equipment the United States, Britain, France, both Australia. (2014/06/07-05: 39)