Japan approved Friday a record defence budget worth $56 billion for the next fiscal year, as tensions rise with China and North Korea. The defence budget announced Friday includes 370 billion yen to build two new warships rigged with the US-developed Aegis missile defence system. The 7.95 trillion yen draft budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year was approved by the …
Island’s premier expresses concern at China’s ‘over the top’ military activities and warns of risk to regional peace. Taiwan said on it was “on alert” over China’s “over the top” military manoeuvres, after Beijing flew a record 56 fighter planes towards the self-governing island in a third day of sustained military intimidation. In an article for the US magazine Foreign …
