For Long-term Peace, Japan Must Increase Defense Spending Now.
Japan’s security environment is harsher than NATO’s and the menace is not limited to Russia. Spending more than 2% of GDP is critical for national security.
As originally noted in the Editorial, The Sankei Shimbun, as well as in Japan Forward on June 14, 2022,
The Fumio Kishida administration approved basic economic and fiscal policy guidelines for 2022 at a June 7 Cabinet meeting, it was announced the same day.