Japan PM Puts “Strike Option” On Table In 1st Since WW2 Amid China, Russia Provocations

Japan PM Puts “Strike Option” On Table In 1st Since WW2 Amid China, Russia Provocations:

Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida has laid out bold new plans to drastically ramp up the country’s defense posture, including for the first time since its defeat in WWII acquiring strike capabilities against foreign enemy bases.

He unveiled in a wide-ranging speech before the National Diet (or national legislature) that a fundamental shift in defense strategy will be implemented within the next 12 months, following in November a record high national defense budget of a total more than 6 trillion yen being formally approved (the equivalent of $53 billion).

“In order to safeguard the people’s lives and livelihoods, we will examine all the options, including the capability to attack enemy bases and fundamentally strengthen our defense posture with a sense of speed,” PM Kishida said.

 

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