Pacifist Japan unveils unprecedented $320bn military build-up
Al JazeeraUnthinkable under past administrations, the rapid arming of Japan has the support of about 70 percent of voters, polls say. Japan has said it would begin a once-unthinkable $320bn military build-up that would arm it with missiles capable of striking China and ready it for a sustained conflict as regional tensions and Russia’s Ukraine invasion stoke war fears. “The strategic challenge posed by China is the biggest Japan has ever faced.” Third-biggest military spender Unthinkable under past administrations, the rapid arming of Japan, which already hosts US forces, including a carrier strike group and a Marine expeditionary force, has the backing of most voters, according to opinion polls. ‘Exclusively defence oriented’ The money will fund projects including the acquisition of what Japan calls “counterstrike capacity” – the ability to hit launch sites that threaten the country. “Japan disregards the facts, deviates from the common understandings between China and Japan and its commitment to bilateral relations, and discredits China,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters.
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