The Ministry of Defense of Japan has finalized the 2023 budget application amount and then reached a new high

The annual budget application of the daily defense province reached a new high.

[Global Times special reporter Yang Jun in Japan] According to a report by Kyodo News Agency on August 31, the Japanese defense province finalized the 2023 budget application on the same day. In order to achieve the goal of thoroughly strengthening the defense capabilities proposed by Kishida Cabinet, the provincial province's 2023 budget application volume reached 559.47 trillion yen (about 278.5 billion yuan), and it also wrote many unruly "issues". In order to have a "counterattack ability", the Ministry of Defense will vigorously deploy long -range missiles. In order to strengthen the defense capabilities, the budget application also stated for the first time that the construction cost of the "Zeng Snun System" is also stated. Some Japanese media analysis said that the final budget application amount of the Ministry of Defense will exceed the amount announced now.

The Ministry of Defense in Japan said that due to the increasingly severe security environment in Russia and Ukraine, the budget application amount in 2023 will reach 559.47 trillion yen, refreshing the previous record. As the Japanese government plans to revise three documents such as the National Security Strategy by the end of this year, including some "issues requirements" that do not have a clear amount of specific amounts, the final budget application amount will increase. The so -called "event requirements" include early mass production and deployment of improved 12 -type shore -based anti -ship missiles.

Japan's 2022 budget application amount is 548.98 trillion yen. Kyodo News analyzed that because the Ministry of Defense has listed many items that have not yet determined the specific amount, the final budget application amount may reach about 6.5 trillion yen. This is intended to "curb China with rapid expansion of military reserve, but it may also trigger arms race."

In addition to the province of defense, the provincial department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other provinces also announced the 2023 budget application amount on the 31st. According to the "Sankei Shimbun" reported on the 31st, the annual budget application amount of the 2023 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was 796.1 billion yen, an increase of 15.3%over the previous year. It is reported that "In view of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the increasingly frequent activities around the Chinese army in Taiwan, the amount of relevant budget applications that maintain and develop universal values ​​such as democracy increased by more than 40%from the previous year to 212.1 billion yuan JPY."

According to Japanese media reports, in the amount of budget applications for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan, 110 billion yen will be fully used in "government development assistance" (ODA), as well as supporting high -quality infrastructure construction. According to the "Sankei News", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is designed to deal with China and promote the realization of "free and open Indo -Pacific". In addition, as a survey funding for "economic coercion", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also submitted a new budget application of 30 million yen.

The Japanese government has recently repeatedly hyped the "China Threat" to achieve the purpose of continuously improving the defense budget. Japan's defense Akada claims a day ago that the country must not only improve the interception ability, but also have the ability to counterattack.

A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously stated that due to historical reasons, Japan's military security trends have always attracted much attention from neighbors in Asia and the international community. The Japanese side told the surrounding neighbors, nothing more than making excuses for its military expansion. My spokesman emphasized that in recent years, Japan has gone further and further on the road of military expansion, including significantly increased defense expenditures, vigorously develop military technologies such as anti -missiles, hypersonic weapons, and strengthen military cooperation in the United States and Japan. "Nuclear sharing", this will seriously violate the peace constitution and "special defense defense" policy, seriously threatening peace, security and stability in the Asia -Pacific region.

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