Japan’s China-facing military build-up confronts labour, budget and political limits
The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abroad for a potentially prolonged fight. But there are economic, demographic and political constraints on how far its military transformation can go. In the third of a three-part series, Gabriel Dominguez examines the various challenges confronting Japan in its bid to expand its military. Driven by the growing risk that a conflict over Taiwan could draw Tokyo into a…
Exact coordinates
tokyo: 35.680, 139.690
china: 35.860, 104.200
japan: 36.200, 138.250
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