Japan Bumps Up Defense Spending

Japan has settled for a $775-billion budget for fiscal 2004, a bare 0.4% increase over last year, that includes a 1% increase to $46.2 billion in defense procurement. But as Japan takes on a new role in international peacekeeping by sending troops to Iraq, that increase won't be reflected in higher...

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