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Japan PM pledges to boost military capacity
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TOKYO, 07 November 2022, (TON): Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to beef up Japan's naval and military capacity, warning that nations must prepare to face aggressors.
Kishida also condemned Russia's war in Ukraine and denounced North Korea's recent blitz of missile tests, one of which flew over Japan for the first time since 2017 and prompted a rare evacuation warning.
Kishida said "we must prepare ourselves for an era when actors emerge to disobey rules and use force or threats to destroy the peace and safety of other nations.”
The leader's remarks come as Tokyo is drafting security plans that may call for doubling the nation's defence spending within five years.
That would represent a sea change in Japan, where the pacifist constitution limits its military capacity.
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