{"id":17413,"date":"2023-12-28T09:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T04:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/us-ambassador-praises-japans-military-overhaul-and-patriot-missile-export\/"},"modified":"2023-12-28T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T04:29:04","slug":"us-ambassador-praises-japans-military-overhaul-and-patriot-missile-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/us-ambassador-praises-japans-military-overhaul-and-patriot-missile-export\/","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador praises Japan\u2019s military overhaul and Patriot missile export"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel praised Japan’s contribution to drastic “reform and modernization” of their alliance, particularly its military capability and spending, as well as a decision to allow Japanese-made Patriot guided missiles to be shipped to the United States to make up for its decreasing inventory.<\/p>\n
In a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara on Wednesday, Emanuel noted a series of steps Japan has taken to bolster its military power and the countries’ alliance, saying it brings the “level of deterrence to capital D deterrence.”<\/p>\n
In the latest move, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government on Friday eased its postwar ban on lethal weapons exports, a move seen as a major break from Japan’s postwar self-defense-only principle. It also approved a 16.5% increase in defense spending next year to a record $56 billion with a focus on missile strike and defense capabilities.<\/p>\n
US AIR FORCE SEES $96 BILLION OVERHAUL OF NUCLEAR MISSILE ARSENAL<\/strong><\/p>\n The revision to the arms transfer policy allows Japan to export weapons and components made in Japan under foreign licenses to the licensing nations. It’s also a first major revision of Japan\u2019s arms export ban since an earlier easing on non-lethal weapons transfer in 2014. Kishida’s government is currently in the process of further easing the policy to allow sale to third countries of jointly developed lethal weapons, like a next-generation fighter jet Japan is co-developing with Britain and Italy.<\/p>\n