Budget Brief: Further Growth Planned For Japanese Defense Budget

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Japan's increase in defense spending coincides with its participation in the tri-national Global Combat Air Program.

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In August, the Japanese Defense Ministry (MOD) released details of its fiscal 2025 budget request, which called for a further 9.4% increase to military spending. The move forms part of Tokyo’s wider Defense Build-Up Program (DBP), initiated at the end of 2022 to “fundamentally reinforce” the country...
Craig Caffrey

Craig works as a senior analyst on Aviation Week Network’s military and commercial forecast databases, specializing in military aircraft markets and…

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