Japan has proposed a scheme to significantly increase its military spending budget. For many years, the US and Japanese governments have tried to increase defense spending in Japan. Under the command of former President Donald Trump, NATO members were encouraged to fulfill the 2 percent defense ...
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TOKYO, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he is positive about a significant increase in spending on defense research and development after a group of lawmakers within his ruling party urged the government to secure 1 trillion yen (7.4 billion U.S. do...
Japan has settled for a $775-billion budget for fiscal 2004, a bare 0.4% increase over last year, that includes a 1% increase to $46.2 billion in defense procurement. But as Japan takes on a new role in international peacekeeping by sending troops to Iraq, that increase won't be ...
The Japanese government is looking into putting off a tax increase to fund extra defense spending by a year to 2025, a ruling party source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters said on Monday. The coalition government agreed in December to raise key taxes to increase the defense bu...
The budget increase comes as tension between Japan and China simmers over the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. Japan’s defense spending next year comes in at 4.78 trillion yen (US$45.86 billion), up 2.2 percent on the year, Onodera told reporters after meeting Finance Minister Taro As...
TOKYO, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's ruling party on Thursday vowed to "fundamentally" reinforce the country's defense capability and increase spending on it in the next five years, ahead of an upcoming House of Councilors election.
It has become routine for Japan to seek to underscore and consolidate the US-Japan alliance each time the US has a new president. Hence, Japan's intention to scrap the existing cap on its defense spending and drasticall...
TOKYO - Japan'sdefense ministryis seeking an annual budget increase that will add to past hikes to expand military spending over a decade by almost a sixth. The ministry's budget proposal, released on Tuesday, seeks an increase of 2.6 percent in spending, to a record 5.48 trillion yen (US...
The event was significant in that the Japanese government has signaled its intention to increase defense spending, particularly with heightened tensions in the region from bothChinaandNorth Korea. Also significant was the inclusion of U.S. government and industry personnel at the event, highlighting ...