Japan's Takaichi targets 2% military spend by March

Japan's Takaichi targets 2% military spend by March

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledges to boost military spending and deepen US ties amid rising regional tensions.

New Japan PM says to accelerate 2% defence spending target

Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi said Friday she would try to achieve the country’s target of spending two percent of GDP on defence two years early. The announcement came in her first policy speech in which she also warned that “the military activities of neighbouring countries – China, North Korea and Russia – have […] The post New Japan PM says to accelerate 2% defence spending target appeared first on Insider Paper.