Earlier, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touted Japan’s biggest defense build-up since the Second World War as a “turning point in history.” Japanese militarization envisaging doubling the nation’s defense spending within the next five years has sparked concerns among many countries of the Asia-Pacific region, considering the nationβs past.
Japan, which has embarked on an unprecedented military build-up of late, is at βa historic crossroads,β and must develop nuclear weapons, former editor for The New York Times Barry Gewen has argued.
Citing the βcurrent geopolitical situation in Asia,β and the βpresent disarray in Washington,β Japan really does not have any other choice, he wrote inΒ The National Interest.
