National Defense:

Japan’s Ministry of Defense will be nearly doubling its research and development expenditures starting the next fiscal year and investing in a number of cutting edge technologies as neighbors North Korea and China become more aggressive, a senior official said March 6.

“The security environment surrounding Japan is become increasingly severe and at an unprecedented pace, with neighboring countries strengthening their military capabilities,” Shigenori Mishima, vice commissioner and chief technology officer at the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency, said.

The Japanese government revised and updated three key national security documents in December and is following them with large increases in spending, he said at the Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference organized by the National Defense Industrial Association.

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