Japan’s Self-Defence Forces Are Beginning to Focus on China

That is less than a quarter of China’s defence budget (see chart), and only around 1% of Japan’s , but it is more than Britain or France currently spend. Third, the ’s new guidelines recognise for the first time that Japan needs to prepare for war in space, cyberspace and on the electromagnetic spectrum. China’s defence spending surged by roughly a third between 2013 and 2017; Japan’s rose by less than 3%.

Source: www.economist.com