Tokyo, Aug 29, 2025 (AFP) - Japan seeks record defence budget, to triple drone spending

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2025-08-29

Japan's defence ministry is aiming for a major boost to its drone arsenal as part of another record spending request made Friday to deal with a "severely intensifying security environment". Japan in recent years has been shedding its strict pacifist stance, moving to obtain "counterstrike" capabilities and doubling military spending to two percent of GDP. The defence ministry's new budget request made on Friday for the coming fiscal year starting......

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