Japan’s Defense Ministry Thursday asked for a 12% defense budget increase for fiscal 2024 that would hike spending to $53 billion. Photo by Nathan Howard/UPI | License Photo

Aug. 31 (UPI) — The Japanese Defense Ministry on Thursday requested its largest-ever defense budget following record defense spending last year in response to threats from China, North Korea and Russia.…

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