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Japanese defense budget
![Japan Approves Record Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 Japan Approves Record Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2022](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-12-27-125448.jpeg)
Japan Approves Record Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2022
By Kosuke Takahashi
Tokyo is striving to keep pace with China.
![What's in Japan's Record 2018 Defense Budget Request? What's in Japan's Record 2018 Defense Budget Request?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-5348753863_3d08ef42f0_b.jpg)
What's in Japan's Record 2018 Defense Budget Request?
By Mina Pollmann
Japan's defense spending continues to be driven by concerns about North Korea and Chinese maritime activities.
![With Eye on China, North Korea, Japan's Abe Pursues Record Defense Budget With Eye on China, North Korea, Japan's Abe Pursues Record Defense Budget](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-01_00-22-28.jpg)
With Eye on China, North Korea, Japan's Abe Pursues Record Defense Budget
By Ankit Panda
Abe's government is seeking a record defense budget -- again.
![Russia Delivers S-300 Missile Defense System to Kazakhstan Russia Delivers S-300 Missile Defense System to Kazakhstan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-24_16-31-59.jpg)
Russia Delivers S-300 Missile Defense System to Kazakhstan
By Ankit Panda
Plus, the erosion of intel in Afghanistan, Russia's intel sharing with the Taliban, and more defense and security links.
![Japan Approves Largest-Ever Defense Budget Japan Approves Largest-Ever Defense Budget](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-14_08-59-32.jpg)
Japan Approves Largest-Ever Defense Budget
By Ankit Panda
Shinzo Abe's cabinet has approved a $42 billion defense budget, the largest ever in the country's history.
![Shinzo Abe: Investing in the Past, Ignoring the Future Shinzo Abe: Investing in the Past, Ignoring the Future](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-15_10-48-22.jpg)
Shinzo Abe: Investing in the Past, Ignoring the Future
By Robert Dujarric
Abe’s focus on Yasukuni and Japan’s history distracts from important tasks.
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