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▼ GDP Ratio of Defense Costs Not Priority: Japan's Hayashi
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Raising the ratio of defense spending to gross domestic product is not a top priority in Japan's efforts to boost its defense expenditures, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday.
"What's important is the substance of our defense capabilities," Hayashi told a news conference. "It's not that the amount and the GDP ratio are put before everything else."
In a statement for a U.S. Senate committee hearing, Elbridge Colby, nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump for undersecretary of defense for policy, urged Japan on Tuesday to raise its defense spending to at least 3 pct of its GDP, higher than the Asian country's target of 2 pct for fiscal 2027.
"Our country will constantly examine its measures to reinforce deterrence and response capabilities and will steadily strengthen its defense capabilities drastically," Hayashi also said.
"What's important is the substance of our defense capabilities," Hayashi told a news conference. "It's not that the amount and the GDP ratio are put before everything else."
In a statement for a U.S. Senate committee hearing, Elbridge Colby, nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump for undersecretary of defense for policy, urged Japan on Tuesday to raise its defense spending to at least 3 pct of its GDP, higher than the Asian country's target of 2 pct for fiscal 2027.
"Our country will constantly examine its measures to reinforce deterrence and response capabilities and will steadily strengthen its defense capabilities drastically," Hayashi also said.
- 5/3 19:40
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