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Hegseth hints Japan must ramp up defense spending even more

Latest articles - The Japan Times·Hegseth hints Japan must ramp up defense spending even more·3 days ago
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Singapore/Tokyo – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a veiled warning to Tokyo on Saturday, saying that while Japanese defense spending was “headed in the right direction,” more must be done. “We’re not at the finish line yet, and there’s still some heavy lifting ahead, but the momentum is headed in the right direction,” Hegseth said during a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore. “We have high expectations of our Japanese allies, and together we can and must each pull our weight.” Japan said last month that it is making progress toward a goal of bringing defense spending to 2% of gross domestic product, with the defense-related budget for this fiscal year set to rise to just short of that threshold, to 1.9% of GDP. However, this remains far short of the 3.5% of GDP pushed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. “President Trump is setting the gold standard,” Hegseth said Saturday.…

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