Japan’s cabinet has signed off a $6.8bn package of extra defence spending as new prime minister Fumio Kishida signals his concern about China’s rising power.
In an unusual move that will take defence spending to its highest level for decades as a share of national income, Japan will bring forward purchases of patrol aircraft and surface-to-air missiles from next year’s budget.
The decision highlights Tokyo’s growing concern about military tensions across the Taiwan Strait as well as Kishida’s wish to send a clear statement of intent on defence spending to the Biden administration in Washington.
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