Japan defense budget

With the domestic industry struggling to stay afloat, Japan's defense ministry will increase profit margins for defense contractors to a max of 15 percent. 

Kishida’s judgment on how to fund the defense budget increase will be a critical factor in his survival as prime minister.

Japan and Germany rediscovered their geopolitical voice in 2022, making parallel efforts to develop more assertive national security postures. 

For the ninth year in a row, the budget draft set a new record for Japan’s national defense budget.

The Japanese defense ministry estimates that Tokyo will need to spend 48 trillion yen on defense over the next five years if it wants to achieve its security goals.

Japan has broken last year's record for its requested defense budget as security concerns mount in Tokyo.

The Kishida administration should maintain a calculated, long-term approach to increasing Japan’s defense budget.

The proposal, which stretches the limits of Japan's defense-oriented security policy, will inform the government’s long-term National Security Strategy.

Amid growing threats in East Asia, the Japanese cabinet approved a record extra budget for defense appropriations.

When it comes to burden-sharing, banging the table doesn’t work -- doubt about the U.S. commitment does.

Japan’s new defense budget foresees cross-domain operations in space, cyberspace, and electromagnetic domains.