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Japan adds $6 75 billion to military budget in rush to bolster air and sea defenses

The supplementary budget of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida approved the expenditure. According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the 774 billion yen increase is the greatest ever.

The cash infusion will let Japan to update surface-to-air missile launchers on East China Sea islands and Patriot PAC-3 missile batteries elsewhere, three months ahead of schedule.

Chinese pressure on Taiwan is worrying Japan since control of the island would place Chinese military within 100 kilometres of its borders.

Additional spending approved for the fiscal year ending March 31 amounts to roughly 1.3 percent of Japan's GDP.
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