🔸 American pressure on Tokyo; Japan is on the verge of increasing the military budget to 3.5%

🔸 American pressure on Tokyo; Japan is on the verge of increasing the military budget to 3.5%

🔹 The "Japan Times" newspaper: The Japanese government is considering increasing military spending by up to 3.5% of GDP following American pressure to increase its defense capacity; an action that, considering the economic situation of this country, the weakness of the yen and concerns about the increase in debt and government spending, could affect the financial markets.

Irna Jahan