REQUESTED BUDGET MAY INCREASE
The Nikkei newspaper said the defence ministry’s request may jump to more than 10 trillion yen, citing an unnamed ruling party lawmaker.
The current request did not specify the estimated costs of many products and services, including missiles, drones and digital systems.
These figures will be finalised once the government finishes its revision of core national security documents by the end of the year, defence officials said.
Those three documents set the outline of the country’s future defence capabilities while assessing the country’s security environment.
Japan has been beefing up military spending and security…
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