With an eye on China, Japan’s ruling party makes unprecedented defence spending pledge

FAN Editor

FILE PHOTO: Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s Asagiri-class destroyer Hamagiri arrives in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, Russia November 20, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev/File Photo October 31, 2021 By Tim Kelly and Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) -An unprecedented election pledge by Japan’s ruling party to double defence spending underscores the […]