Japan’s government is now increasing defence expenditure in the face of growing threats, but its own defence industry still falls short of developing ‘home grown’ solutions. Japan announced its FY2024 defence budget last December, a record amount of $55.9 billion (JPY7.95 trillion). This figure marked a 16.5 percent increase from a year earlier, and reflected […]

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