Japan To Boost Isle Defense Capability Despite Cuts -- Aviation Week/Reuters
Japan’s defense budget will post the biggest drop in more than half a century next year but Tokyo will make new investments in equipment to help defend remote islands, the defense ministry said on Friday.
The focus on defense of remote islands comes as Japan’s ties with neighboring China and South Korea have deteriorated sharply over competing sovereignty claims for tiny islets in the seas between them.
The ministry said it requested 4.57 trillion yen ($58 billion) in budget appropriations for the year starting next April 1, down 1.7 percent from the current year.
That would mark the 11th consecutive year of decline in the defense budget and the largest percentage drop in 58 years.
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My Comment: Japan's neighbors are not going to be impressed.
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