The Defence Blog

As the news of one of Japan's plans of largest ever defence budget to counter China's reach hit the industry, Japan’s defence ministry has requested its biggest ever budget to bolster its ability to protect outlying islands in response to China’s growing military reach in the region. The ministry has asked for 5.09 trillion yen for the financial year starting in April 2016. If this gets approved, this would be Japan's BIGGEST EVER DEFENCE BUDGET Japan has been anxious about China’s expanding naval reach and hence had been making annual cuts to its defence budget for a decade up to 2013. The rise is also in line with Japan’s more assertive defence policy under the conservative prime minister, Shinzo Abe, as he seeks to check Chinese influence and expand the scope of his country’s military. We all know that Japan has not done any build up of its offensive capabilities until 2 years ago. Their only core production in the field of arms has been Stealth Jets. Knowing this