TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese Cabinet on Friday approved a record 8.7 trillion yen ($55 billion) defense budget for 2025 as Japan accelerates building up its strike-back capability with long-range cruise missiles and starts deploying Tomahawks to fortify itself against growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia.
Associated PressTOKYO — The Japanese Cabinet on Friday approved a record 8.7 trillion yen defense budget for 2025 as Japan accelerates building up its strike-back capability with long-range cruise missiles and starts deploying Tomahawks to fortify itself against growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia.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.
In order to reinforce its missile defense system, Japan plans to spend another 533 billion yen that includes purchases of interceptors and a mobile reconnaissance radar to be placed on Okinawa, where more than half of about 50,000 American troops are based. For 2025, Japan plans to spend 314.8 billion yen to build three 4,800-ton new multi-purpose compact destroyers, or FFM, that require 90 crew members, less than half the crew size currently needed as a result of automation and labor-saving design — the platform Japan wants Australia to choose for their future frigates. They are upgraded Mogami-class destroyers equipped with long-range missiles, reinforced anti-submarine warfare functions and high stealth performance, officials say.
Japan, whose only treaty ally is the United States, has developed close ties with Australia and considers it a semi-ally as they face China's growing threat in the region.
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