Eyeing China and North Korea, Japan Splurges on Defense
Tokyo wants to double its military budget within five years.
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Tokyo wants to double its military budget within five years.
Citing looming threats from China and North Korea, Japan has doubled its military expenditure. Tokyo will now focus on raising its counter-strike capabilities, according to the new policy.
The long-debated move comes alongside increased defense spending amid worries about Japan’s security environment.
To bolster the nation's defenses against cyberattacks, the government plans to add an
Japan's 2013 National Security Strategy, citing North Korea's expanding nuclear and missile programs and China's on-going military modernization and lack of transparency, characterized Japan's security environment as becoming ever more severe. The intervening years have only underscored the reality of an ever-increasing need for strengthening deterrence.