Japan has begun a once-unthinkable $320bn military build-up that will arm it with missiles capable of striking China after a newly nationalistic China aggressively expanded its military.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government worries that Russia has set a precedent that will encourage China to attack Taiwan, threatening nearby Japanese islands, disrupting supplies of advanced semiconductors, and putting a potential stranglehold on sea lanes that supply Middle East oil.
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