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Japanese Ministry of Defense
![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.
![Japan Yet to Make Decision on Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Partnership Japan Yet to Make Decision on Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Partnership](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-13-8.jpg)
Japan Yet to Make Decision on Next-Generation Fighter Aircraft Partnership
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Discussions with both the United Kingdom and the United States are continuing, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
![Japanese Defense Ministry: 'Unusual' Chinese Military Air Activities Increase Near Japan's Airspace Japanese Defense Ministry: 'Unusual' Chinese Military Air Activities Increase Near Japan's Airspace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-19_20-09-57.jpg)
Japanese Defense Ministry: 'Unusual' Chinese Military Air Activities Increase Near Japan's Airspace
By Ankit Panda
Total Air Self-Defense Force scrambles dropped slightly from 2016, but Japan remains concerned.
![Japan and the United States to Deepen Cybersecurity Cooperation Japan and the United States to Deepen Cybersecurity Cooperation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-06-01_17-43-12.jpg)
Japan and the United States to Deepen Cybersecurity Cooperation
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The growing threat of digital attacks moves Washington and Tokyo closer together in trying to secure cyberspace.
![Japanese Military Set for Big Budget Gains As Economy Shifts to Neutral Japanese Military Set for Big Budget Gains As Economy Shifts to Neutral](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-29_11-51-57.jpg)
Japanese Military Set for Big Budget Gains As Economy Shifts to Neutral
By Clint Richards
Abe’s careful balance of economic growth with military normalization may be falling out of sync.
![Japan’s Defense Minister Kept Busy as Obama Visits Asia Japan’s Defense Minister Kept Busy as Obama Visits Asia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-24_11-52-03.jpg)
Japan’s Defense Minister Kept Busy as Obama Visits Asia
By Victor Robert Lee
Itsunori Onodera has spent the week bolstering Japan’s defenses, but was not helped by his colleagues.
![Japan’s New (Defensive) Attack Force Japan’s New (Defensive) Attack Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/19523_5280aeb07090e.jpg)
Japan’s New (Defensive) Attack Force
Japan’s rapid moves to develop an amphibious capability is sending a clear signal on a certain group of disputed islands.
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