Politics
Defense & Security
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Japan eyes 3 taxes as funding for defense spending increase
The special income tax for reconstruction, tobacco tax and corporate tax are being eyed to fund a pl...
December 12, 2022
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Japan to equip PAC-3s with more advanced radar to counter hypersonic weapons
Discussions have begun on equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s PAC-3 surface-to-air antimissile sy...
December 12, 2022
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For 1st time in 19 years, LDP ranking member visits Taiwan
TAIPEI — Koichi Hagiuda, chairperson of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Counci...
December 11, 2022
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Japan’s security draft declares Taiwan’s peace, stability vital for global community
“Peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait are indispensable for peace, stability, and prosperity...
December 10, 2022
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Drafts call for MSDF to possess electronic warfare unit by 2025
The draft revisions for three defense and security-related documents presented by the government to ...
December 10, 2022
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Govt mulls decommissioning SDF rescue planes, combat helicopters
The government is considering decommissioning Self-Defense Force search and rescue planes and combat...
December 9, 2022
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Corporate tax hike eyed to finance planned defense spending increase
A possible corporate tax hike has become the focus of attention by the government and the ruling par...
December 9, 2022
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China to be described as ‘greatest strategic challenge’ in Japan’s latest National Security Strategy
China’s hegemonic moves are described as “the greatest strategic challenge” Japan faces in a draft o...
December 8, 2022
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Japan, U.K., Italy to jointly develop fighter aircraft
Japan, the U.K. and Italy plan to jointly develop a fighter jet for their respective air forces, wit...
December 8, 2022
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Japan wants to boost tax revenue by ¥1 tril. to fund defense spending hike
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to instruct the Liberal Democratic Party and its ruling coalitio...
December 8, 2022
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Ruling parties differ over way to raise funds for defense budget hike
Koichi Hagiuda, chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party, has expr...
December 7, 2022
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N. Korea orders new artillery firings over South’s drills
SEOUL (AP) — North Korea’s military says it has ordered frontline units to conduct artillery firings...
December 6, 2022
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Kishida instructs ministers to spend ¥43 trillion on defense over next 5 years
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed his defense and finance ministers to earmark a total of ...
December 6, 2022
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Government bonds top choice to fund defense spending hike
In the latest Yomiuri poll, 51% of respondents indicated that they understood the government and rul...
December 5, 2022
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Japan aims to boost cyber-related defense personnel to 20,000 by FY27
Japan aims to more than quadruple its cyber defense personnel while increasing its overall staff dea...
December 5, 2022
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