https://www.scmp.com/rss/329865/feed Tetsu Mizuno is a freelance journalist based in Tokyo, Japan en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On December 18, Japan’s latest 10-year defence programme was approved by the cabinet. Its five-year defence budget, as indicated in the Medium Term Defence Programme, is about 27 trillion yen (US$240 billion), including some 2 trillion yen that will come from cost-cutting. The money will be spent on strengthening outer space, cyberspace and electromagnetic waves capabilities, in addition to existing land, sea and air defence infrastructure. One feature that has attracted attention is the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2178678/chinas-military-expands-and-us-waffles-leaving-japans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2178678/chinas-military-expands-and-us-waffles-leaving-japans?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:30:45 +0000