30.12.2021, 14:56
Steigerung der japanischen Rüstungsausgaben...
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Zitat:Japan Approves Record Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2022https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/japan-ap...year-2022/
On December 24, the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio approved 5.4 trillion yen ($47.2 billion) defense spending in fiscal year 2022, starting in April, amid the increasingly tense security environment in east Asia. [...]
The draft budget, which is expected to be passed by Japan’s bicameral legislature in the coming months, represents a 1.09 percent nominal rise in annual spending and comes in at around 0.95 percent of the fiscal 2022 gross domestic product estimate released in July by the Cabinet Office. [...] The 2022 defense budget includes 216.7 billion yen for the U.S. troops based in the country. Japan and the U.S. on December 21 agreed to increase Tokyo’s cost for hosting U.S. forces in the country for five years starting from the next fiscal year to begin covering spending for joint exercises, a move that is apparently aimed at easing Washington’s heavy pressure on Tokyo to expand its cost-sharing burden for countering China’s growing military power.
Specifically, under the new five-year agreement between the two countries, Japan will pay a total of 1.55 trillion yen from fiscal 2022. The annual average will increase by about 10 billion yen to 211 billion yen from the current fiscal year. [...]
The United Kingdom and Japan announced on December 22 that they have agreed on the joint development of engine technology for both the U.K.-led Tempest and Japan’s F-X future combat aircraft programs. With Rolls-Royce leading the engine demonstrator effort for the U.K., the Japanese lead has been decided to be taken by IHI Corporation.
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