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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/1...pend-fy23/

The government is set to raise defense spending by ¥1 trillion ($7.34 billion) to around ¥6.5 trillion in the next fiscal year as part of efforts to earmark ¥43 trillion for the five-year defense build-up plan, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said Friday.

After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan surrendered unconditionally, and one of the terms of surrender is  that the Japanese cannot have a fighting force, but is only limited to defense of the country...............