Japan attempted military cooperation with Taiwan by purchasing missiles capable of striking China and strengthening its armaments, while North Korea continuously launched ballistic missiles into the East Sea.
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the East Sea on the 18th, and the South Korean and Japanese governments issued statements "strongly condemning" the escalation of tensions.
"A North Korean ballistic missile was launched at a steep angle and landed in the East Sea," South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement. ", he said on the day.
The president's office said in a statement that it "strongly condemned" the escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying that "North Korea's continued provocations and development of nuclear weapons and missiles will further endanger the regime."
Japanese Vice Minister of Defense Toshiro Ino said, “The North Korean missile seems to have landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and there are no reports of damage.”
North Korea's missile launch was announced on the 15th immediately after Chairman Kim Jong-un tested a high-thrust solid fuel engine, and the North Korean news agency officially announced that it was "carried out at a Sohae satellite launch site used to test missile technology, including rocket engines and space launch vehicles." showed a competitive system.
Japan on Thursday announced its largest military buildup since World War II, with a $320 billion five-year plan to purchase missiles capable of striking China and prepare for continued conflict.
Reuters said on the 18th, “The comprehensive five-year plan, once unimaginable in pacifist Japan, will make Japan the third largest military spender in the world after the US and China based on its current budget.”
China accused Japan of making false allegations about China's military activities in a new security strategy announced by Japan that day, the Chinese embassy in Japan said in a statement.
Reuters reported that Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wong, who met with Mitsuo Ohashi, head of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association in Taiwan, said, “I expect defense cooperation with Japan to expand.”
"I look forward to Taiwan and Japan continuing to create new cooperative results in various fields, including defense and security, economy, trade, and industrial innovation," Taiwan's Presidential Office said.
Japan's arms augmentation is a new missile system, in which Mitsubishi is leading the development of three long-range missiles, purchases of interceptor missiles for ballistic missile defense, purchases of attack reconnaissance drones, satellite communications equipment, Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth fighter jets, helicopters, submarines and warships. This included the purchase of large transport aircraft.
The Kishida government announced on the 16th that it would raise tobacco tax, corporate income tax, and disaster reconstruction income tax to pay for military equipment.
Mitsubishi announced last week about a joint project between Britain and Italy, including in the development of ballistic missiles.
Kyodo News reported that in an opinion poll immediately after the government announcement, 65% of respondents opposed a tax increase on military spending, and 87% said Prime Minister Kishida's explanation for the need for the tax increase was insufficient.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on the 16th, “Japan’s adoption of a new National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and Defense Force Reconciliation Plan is a bold and historic step to strengthen and defend a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Japan's goal is to strengthen and modernize the US-Japan alliance."
In a joint statement on the 16th, House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Gregory Mix and Republican Secretary Michael McCaul, Asia-Pacific Subcommittee Chairman Ami Vera and Republican Steve Chabot welcomed Japan's release of a new national security strategy and defense policy document. It shows the will to fundamentally expand, strengthen, and improve.”
"Japan's new national security strategy is a bold and forward-looking blueprint for protecting Japan and promoting peace and international stability in the Indo-Pacific," said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed of the Democratic Party of the United States in a statement that day.
“This reflects the changing security dynamics and the enduring strength of the US-Japan alliance,” he said.
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