Jakarta, April 25 -- The Ministry of Defense of Indonesia has expressed interest in collaborating with the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) to gain valuable knowledge about space defense and enhance Indonesia's capacity to counter cyber threats.

Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin raised this cooperation opportunity while hosting Chief of Staff of the Joint Staff of the JSDF, General Yoshida Yoshihide, at his ministry's headquarters in Central Jakarta on Friday.

Brigadier General Frega Ferdinand Wenas Inkiriwang, head of the Defense Ministry's Information Center, explained that Indonesia aims to learn from the technologies Japan employs in its space and cyber defense strategies.

Focusing on space defense, he emphasized that this coope...