Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. In barely half a year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed Japan’s defense policy into unfamiliar territory. The FY2026 main defense budget has reached 9.04 trillion yen (approximately US$58 billion), with total security-related spending at roughly 10.6 trillion yen, at about 1.9% of GDP. The 2% threshold, long treated as […]
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