Japanese cabinet approves 1.1% rise in defence spending

摘要

The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved on 20 December a defence budget of JPY5.31 trillion (USD48.6 billion) for fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020): an increase of 1.1%, or JPY55.9 billion, over the previous year, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in Tokyo.