Friday, December 16, 2022

Japan To Double Military Spending

 

VOA: Japan Announces Major Defense Overhaul 

Citing regional threats from China and North Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a major overhaul Friday of the country's defense strategy, including a significant increase in spending and the acquisition of long-range, preemptive strike weapons. 

At a Tokyo new conference, Kishida said with "the security environment" around Japan feeling more unstable, his government considered whether Japan's current Self-Defense Forces could deter threats to the country based on the capabilities of its opponents and new ways of fighting. 

He said after conducting a realistic simulation, it was determined Japanese defense forces were insufficient.  

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WNU Editor: China has responded to this increase in military spending .... China firmly opposed to Japan's updated defense documents (Kyodo). 

Japan To Double Military Spending  

Japan approves a historic new military build-up -- DW

Japan defence: China threat prompts plan to double military spending -- BBC

Japan Moves to Double Military Spending, With a Wary Eye on China -- New York Times  

Pacifist Japan to double defense spending, buy counterstrike missiles as China and North Korea fuel anxiety -- CBS  

Japan plans military build-up as China, Russia stoke war fears -- Global News/Reuters  

Japan approves long-range weapons to counter growing threats from rivals -- CNN  

Japan OKs enemy base strike capability in major defense policy shift -- Kyodo News

7 comments:

Dave Goldstein said...

chinese and norks. I would more than double it, 10 times, 20 times...

Hans Persson said...

Is that a compulsory thing when they always deny everything even if they stare at the proof, the chinese that is?
Firmly opposed, what does that even mean? Nobody can do anything while they just pump out new ships every second?

Anonymous said...

Chine northo Erano Russo max the defense budget.

Anonymous said...

Japan doubles defense budget due to Chinese aggression. China protests. LMAO

Anonymous said...

^ Meanwhile, China is engaged in the largest military build-up in history. Can't make this shit up.

Anonymous said...

Compare US versus China military. Other than manpower, which nation has the most nukes, naval ships, planes, etc?

Anonymous said...

4:50

US has more nukes (for now), Russia has more than the US.
China ahs more ships
China has a larger army.

IDK about planes, but neither do you troll.