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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 is the head of Aviation Week Network's defense data team responsible for managing the company’s defense databases and leading on related consultancy projects.

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