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Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday that Japan's initial budget for defense spending and related costs in fiscal 2026 totals about 10.6 trillion yen ($66.5 billion), roughly 1.9 percent of its 2022 gross domestic product or around 1.5 percent using projected fiscal 2026 GDP. Japan aims to raise spending to 2 percent of GDP by fiscal 2027.
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Japan's defense minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday that North Korea's accelerating weapons development poses an increasingly urgent threat to national security, following Pyongyang's testing spree earlier this week.
Following the Cabinet's approval of a record ¥122.3 trillion fiscal 2026 budget, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a projected primary balance surplus—the first in 28 years—highlighting progress toward long-term fiscal health amid high debt concerns.