The defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP and national expenditure has been falling in recent years. Considering the ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

(Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — While Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record defense budget for 2025, the 13th growth year in a row, Tokyo’s military posture vis-à ...

At the end of December, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba approved a new record-high military budget for 2025. It is the 13th consecutive year that Japan has increased military ...

Japan aims to not only continue raising the budget for its military aid program over the coming years but also expand the number of recipient countries, with the Foreign Ministry considering up to ...

Ishiba’s cabinet recently approved a record-high military budget for 2025, making this the 13th consecutive year that Japan has increased military spending. During his Jakarta visit, Ishiba ...

President Trump has issued more executive orders, aimed at the military, that range from the elimination of DEI policies to ...

It is the 13th straight annual increase in the defence budget as Japan seeks to address concerns over China’s rise and North Korea’s military alignment with Russia, according to analysts.

The Cabinet-endorsed draft defense budget marks the third year of Japan’s ongoing five-year military buildup under the national security strategy adopted in 2022. The defense spending is ...

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The only major change among the top 10 compared to last year is that France is now ranked seventh – kicking Japan to eighth ... The US military budget, at $895 billion, is bigger than the ...