As regional tensions and Russia's invasion of Ukraine fuel war worries, Japan on Friday unveiled its largest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will buy missiles capable of striking China and prepare it for sustained battle.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida described it as "my response to the myriad security problems that we confront" and noted that Japan and its people are at a "changing point in history."
His government is concerned that Russia's precedent-setting actions could inspire China to attack Taiwan, endanger the adjacent Japanese islands, block the flow of advanced semiconductors, and possibly close off sea routes that transport Middle Eastern oil.
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