Tokyo doubles its military budget and gives up its pacifist attitude. The main targets of the new security doctrine are China and North Korea.
Tokio. What about the ex-Prime Minister who was murdered in an attack in July Shinzo Abe was denied, his successor continues Fumio Kishida now with brute force: a complete reorientation of the security doctrine. It’s initially about a lot of money, about 300 billion euros by the financial year 2027. From then on, the defense budget of the third-largest economy will be linked to two percent of gross domestic product.
The primary goal is to acquire “counterstrike” weapons that can knock out enemy missile sites before the enemy can even fire their missiles. The threat potential is intended to strengthen deterrence. Such military “prevention” would be a clear reinterpretation of the pacifist constitution, which previously only provided for defense in the event of an attack. So far, it was taboo to include preventive strikes in it. It’s like a caesura.