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Japan’s Record Military Spending Request Set to Boost Budget

September 6, 2022
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TOKYO—Japan’s government ministries have made budget requests totaling $784 billion for the next fiscal year—their second-largest total to date, driven largely by the defense ministry’s request for a rise in spending to record levels. The combined total spending requests made for next year’s budget came to 110.05 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry said on Monday,…

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North Korea Successfully Tests First ‘Strategic’ Long-Range Cruise Missile: Report

September 13, 2021
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North Korea over the weekend successfully test-fired a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting targets 930 miles away, according to the country’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The multi-day operation was confirmed as a “success” by leading officials and scientists of the Academy of National Defense Science who took part in the testing of the…

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