Tokyo's new national security strategy marks a historic change to Japan's self-defence policy since the end of World War II.
Budget proposal for the next five years is aimed at securing Tokyo's defence capabilities even as critics say that new policy shift violates country's pacifist constitution.
Japan's annual defence document assesses global security risks and specific threats to the Asian country as it weighs increasing military spending.
Will the Pentagon’s alarmism about Chinese military and nuclear advancement be used to justify more US military spending?
From Syria to Sudan, Yemen and Afghanistan, the most corrupt states are also torn apart by political conflicts, showing the strong connection between the two.
Despite an economic slowdown and an ongoing pandemic, militaries around the world saw their budgets increase to record levels.
US, China, India, Russia and the UK were the top five spenders, contributing 62% of total global military expenditure, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
A study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showed that the world's nations spent a combined $1.9 trillion on their militaries in 2019.
NATO members agreed in 2014 to spend at least two percent of their GDP on defence by 2024. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, "We should first get to two percent," adding that eight of the 29 allies were meeting that target.
European Council President Donald Tusk tells US President Donald Trump to stop berating NATO allies over military investment levels, on the eve of an alliance summit.
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