The government is set to approve a plan to double its defense spending as a percentage of GDP which will see the nation acquire “counterstrike capabilities” to disable enemy military installations.
The $320 billion scheme also vows to buy missiles capable of striking China and prepare the country for sustained conflict – a move PM Fumio Kishida calls the “answer to the various security challenges that we face.”
Hundreds of protestors took to the streets to oppose the plan, with one saying tax money “should be spent on improving the country’s standard of living” and claiming the government are destroying the policy of “curb[ing] military spending and renounc[ing] force”.Show less
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