TOKYO -- Japan will boost artificial-intelligence capabilities to guide unmanned military equipment as the nation's Self-Defense Forces cope with manpower shortages, according to an outline of policy guidelines to be finalized next month.
The draft, revealed at separate meetings of defense experts and the ruling party task force, calls for directing resources to space and cyber defenses as well as electronic warfare. Citing growing threats in those areas and China's maritime advances, the document stresses the need for updating Japan's defense capabilities "at a speed not seen before."
