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Global Market Today | Stocks dive in Asia, brent crude heads for record monthly riseAsian markets tumbled as investors braced for a prolonged Gulf conflict, driving oil prices to record monthly gains and fueling global infl...
Japan Cabinet OKs record defence budget as it pushes strike-back capability to deter regional threatJapan approved a record defence budget for 2025, focusing on long-range missiles and deploying Tomahawks. The budget includes spending on m...
Japan finalises record $54 billion defence budget for fiscal 2024The approved budget keeps Japan on track to boost military spending by 43 trillion yen over five years as it seeks to bolster defences in a...
Japan to boost its strike capability, defence budget. See detailsJapan has approved a new national security strategy this week, which includes a pledge to have the potential to "counterstrike" to deter en...
EXPLAINER: Why Japan is boosting its arms capability, budgetNorth Korea launched missiles more than 30 times this year alone including one that overflew Japan, and China fired ballistic missiles into...
Japan plans to develop longer-range missiles to counter China, RussiaThe procurement plan unveiled in the Ministry of Defence's annual budget request represents a clear departure from a decades-long range lim...
Japan to 'drastically strengthen' military capabilityPrime Minister Fumio Kishida, meeting U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday, pledged to "substantially increase" Japan's defence budget.
Japan OKs bigger budget to host US forces, step up allianceThe 1.05 trillion yen (USD8.6 billion) host nation support budget covers the purchase of advanced arsenals used in their joint military exe...
Japan plans record defence spending in 2022 with 10th straight annual increaseThe higher spending plan follows a meeting in April between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan's then-premier Yoshihide Suga, in which Suga...
Japan defence ministry seeks record budget amid China worriesJapan's military spending and capabilities have grown continuously since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012, ris...
Japan cabinet approves record budget, higher defence spending to counter ChinaAmong the key items of military spending are 57.6 billion yen to develop a next-generation fighter and 33.5 billion yen for the development...
Japan's military asks new government to continue strengthening of armed forcesIf approved, the plan would continue a build-up pursued by Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, that has seen Japan buy planes, missiles and airc...
Japan's military seeks record spending to reinforce North Korea missile defenceThe Ministry of Defence budget proposal released on Friday calls for defence spending to rise 2.1 percent to 5.3 trillion yen ($48 billion)...
Japan picks $1.2 billion Lockheed radar for Aegis Ashore batteriesJapan needs more powerful detection in order for its new longer-range interceptor missiles to provide more effective defence against North ...
48 private defence projects get quick MHA approvalThe govt expects domestic private share in defence budget to go up by 20% in four years after liberalising the FDI regime and ‘Make in Indi...
China leads rise in Asia military spending: StudyDefence spending in China and four other Asian countries doubled over 10 years and will surpass Europe's military expenditures this year.
- US Ambassador Schieffer urges Japan to boost defence outlay
US Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer urged Japan to boost its defence outlay to strengthen a bilateral security alliance with the United...