TOKYO: Japan’s defence ministry made its biggest ever budget request, as Tokyo bolsters its military amid worries over China’s expanding naval reach.
The ministry wants ¥5.05 trillion (RM153bil) for the year, with the focus on boosting protection of a string of southern islands that stretches from Kyushu to waters near Taiwan.
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