Japan PM vows to speed up AI, unmanned defense asset introduction

TOKYO - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told senior members of the Self-Defense Forces on Wednesday that Japan needs to speed up the use of artificial intelligence and unmanned defense assets ahead of the planned year-end revision of three key national security documents.

"It goes without saying that we should introduce even more speedily" technologies that develop at a completely different pace from traditional equipment, such as AI and unmanned defense assets, Takaichi said as commander in chief of the SDF.