The Japanese government plans to approve the Ministry of Defense’s request to increase the budget to 7.7 trillion yen ($54.1 billion) in 2024, an increase of 13.2% compared to this year. writes about this Kyodo With reference to sources.
As can be understood from the text, the funds will be used for the purchase of long-range missiles produced in Japan, as well as for the development of a new generation fighter jet produced jointly by the UK and Italy.
Additionally, Kyodo reported that the budget increase is associated with the development of a hypersonic missile and the construction of ships equipped with the Aegis missile defense system.
Before this article Barry Geven, former editor of The New York Times, wrote for the American magazine The National Interest that Japan must become a nuclear power or it will continue to depend on US assistance to control neighboring countries.
He noted that we are mainly talking about containing Russia and China. The author of the material explained that the Japanese authorities were trying to do the same with North Korea.
Previously Japan began to worry about the strengthening of the alliance between the Russian Federation and China.