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===== 1. Codified Economic-Security Architecture - Japan and key partners (US, EU, Korea, maybe some ASEAN) have formalized economic-security compacts around chips, critical minerals, energy, and key manufacturing (e.g., multiple big supply-chain treaties and joint funds). =====
# Indispensable Supply-Chain Status - Data shows rising concentration of high-end manufacturing, chip capacity, and key materials processing in Japan/East Asia Shield, with explicit language in Western policy documents about “indispensable partners” and “trusted hubs”.
# Japan as OS Mediator - Japan plays visible roles in mediating or buffering between US and EU on industrial policy, tech rules, or security in the Indo-Pacific (e.g., trilateral frameworks where Japan is not junior, but co-architect).

If those three are on track, the Bridge360 verdict is:

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