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Japan Tomahawk missiles
![Japan Will Get Its Tomahawk Missiles a Year Early Japan Will Get Its Tomahawk Missiles a Year Early](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-5576677907_820ec0e0aa_o.jpg)
Japan Will Get Its Tomahawk Missiles a Year Early
By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan’s defense minister said Tokyo would accelerate the purchase of the stand-off cruise missiles “in light of the increasingly severe security environment.”
![Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-06-192113.jpg)
Japan Awards Kawasaki Heavy Industries $243 Million Contract for Homegrown Version of Tomahawk Missile
By Takahashi Kosuke
Both KHI and MHI received major contracts to develop standoff missiles, part of Japan’s push for counterstrike capabilities.
![PM Kishida Announces Japan Will Acquire 400 Tomahawk Missiles From US PM Kishida Announces Japan Will Acquire 400 Tomahawk Missiles From US](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-5576677907_820ec0e0aa_o.jpg)
PM Kishida Announces Japan Will Acquire 400 Tomahawk Missiles From US
By Takahashi Kosuke
The missiles, to be deployed on Aegis-equipped destroyers, will add to Japan’s counterstrike capability.
![Japan Approves 26.3% Increase in Defense Spending for Fiscal Year 2023 Japan Approves 26.3% Increase in Defense Spending for Fiscal Year 2023](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-23-161715.jpg)
Japan Approves 26.3% Increase in Defense Spending for Fiscal Year 2023
By Takahashi Kosuke
For the ninth year in a row, the budget draft set a new record for Japan’s national defense budget.
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