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Japan beefs up defence spending with 5.1t yen budget for fiscal 2017
Published Mon, Dec 26, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Tokyo
JAPAN is building up the size of its military balance sheet on both the asset and liability sides as it expands arms sales to other countries, while at the same time the government is planning to increase the nation's defence budget for a fifth consecutive year in 2017.
The Cabinet Office last Thursday approved a r…
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