Hegseth welcomes Japan's arms spending increase, says US-Japan alliance key to deter China https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=60057 Japan will expedite raising defence spending to 2% of gross national product and advance revision of its national security strategy to enable expanded roles for its Self-Defense Forces. Operational steps include accelerating delivery of US-made AMRAAMs, moving up deployments of medium- and long-range strike missiles such as Tomahawk and domestic anti-ship missiles, and further relaxing arms transfer restrictions, reflecting a departure from postwar pacifist limitations under the 2022 security strategy. en-us Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:46:03 +0530 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:46:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator Hegseth welcomes Japan's arms spending increase, says US-Japan alliance key to deter China https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=60057 Japan will expedite raising defence spending to 2% of gross national product and advance revision of its national security strategy to enable expanded roles for its Self-Defense Forces. Operational steps include accelerating delivery of US-made AMRAAMs, moving up deployments of medium- and long-range strike missiles such as Tomahawk and domestic anti-ship missiles, and further relaxing arms transfer restrictions, reflecting a departure from postwar pacifist limitations under the 2022 security strategy. News - Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:46:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=60057