File photo of a Japanese military type-92 anti-mine rocket launcher firing a missile during exercises at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba. Photo: AFP File photo of a Japanese military type-92 anti-mine rocket launcher firing a missile during exercises at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba. Photo: AFP
File photo of a Japanese military type-92 anti-mine rocket launcher firing a missile during exercises at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba. Photo: AFP
Asia /  East Asia

Asian arms race is on, stoked by China’s booming defence budget, Japanese analysts say

Topic |   China-Japan relations
Julian Ryall
Julian Ryall

Updated: 10:00pm, 5 Mar, 2018

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File photo of a Japanese military type-92 anti-mine rocket launcher firing a missile during exercises at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba. Photo: AFP File photo of a Japanese military type-92 anti-mine rocket launcher firing a missile during exercises at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba. Photo: AFP
File photo of a Japanese military type-92 anti-mine rocket launcher firing a missile during exercises at the Higashi-Fuji firing range in Gotemba. Photo: AFP
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