On Friday, the Japanese Ministry Defense released a defense budget which, if passed, would be the most expensive in the country’s history.
The spending proposal comes days after Tokyo released a defense white paper, highlighting a growing threat from China and the continued risk of conflict with North Korea.
Beijing took offense to the paper’s characterization of China’s military, with defense spokesperson, Wu Qian, saying that China will “resolutely oppose” the paper’s claims.
The white paper “is full of slander of the Chinese military” and “misunderstanding of history and reality,” Wu said, as quoted by China’s Global Times.
One sticking point in the paper is the status of Diaoyu Island, also known as Senkaku Island, which is currently controlled by Japan but also claimed by China.
South Korea also strongly objected to territorial claims made in the paper, specifically regarding the island known as Dokdo in Korea.
The biggest ticket item on in the spending proposal will be on missile defense with a reported 235 billion yen earmarked for Aegis Ashore radar missile tracking stations, built by Lockheed Martin.
Out of a total of 5.3 trillion yen (US$47 billion), the bill has set aside a total of 424 billion yen for missile defense, more than twice the total from the year before.
Sooooo how many of those billions will go to US arms industry! Why buy obsolete weapons?
Chinese have v small weapons.
It’s pushed down Japan’s throat. This is how USA get rid of their used obsolete equipments.
Yashad Rizvi
Get back to your screwedup country troll. Can’t you even be more creative when writing comments?
Any braindead zombie incapable of seeing the reality and is not happy over my comments is not welcome and I won’t even wasting my precious time to reply on your comments 🙂
As an added bonus, I’ve blocked you account to keep you away from my sight 🙂
Yuri Ariefiadhi It’s always a pleasure to read your comments. As always outstanding, my friend.
China want to bully small country in the region thats why China dont want other small country to get defense missile
I guess the Japanese didn’t like nk shooting missiles over Japan, go figure..
It’s time for Japan to re-arm.
WuKong Sun ==There is nothing obsolete about the Aegis missile defense.
Yuri– Fine then the Chinese people will just have to pay more for food and energy,
Once again president Trump keeps his word .It’s time to stop doing business with china.
Wait to see how the state react to ur useless and brainless govt by banning all ur airline that fly in the state and see who get hurt more
Ur country will be the one to lose more the
Otto Tomasch Maybe they prefer the Septics to the Tiddlys
To weaken Japan, the best strategy is to lead her on & make her invest in expensive weaponry. The country will be bankrupted over time. Look at her closest ally, USA, for a clue.
Japan is simply too close to China to be defensible & USA is too far away to provide any meaningful help.If Japan opts to pay for “peace” of mind, let the fool go the fool’s way.
The rise of the dragon is unstoppable. Embrace the reality & live in peace & harmony with China. This is the cheaper option. Why pay when you can have it for free?
WuKong Sun china has junk weapon system thats why the west doesnt love it no one by it
China is too greedy to live with. freedom loving people would not like china’s way of frendship
Japan is a tough old country and it will not be intimidated, nor bow down to any Chinese and North Korean threats.
OMDB!