Official Tokyo has unveiled a plan for the largest military build-up since the Second World War. Such a move is connected with fears that the Russian invasion of Ukraine will push China to attack Taiwan, according to Voice of America..

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The cost of modernizing the army is 320 billion dollars. Such a budget provides, in particular, for the purchase of missiles capable of striking China, and the preparation of the country for a protracted military conflict..

The implementation of a five-year plan, previously unthinkable in a peaceful Japan, is estimated to bring the country into third place in military spending after the United States and China..

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that Japan and its people are at a turning point in history and that the military buildup is "

The Kishida government fears Russia has set a precedent that will encourage China to attack Taiwan, which could threaten nearby Japanese islands, disrupt supply chains for semiconductors, and Middle Eastern oil.

“If this plan is properly implemented, the Self-Defense Forces will become a real, effective, world-class force,” said former Maritime Self-Defense Force Admiral Yoji Koda, who commanded the Japanese Navy in 2008..

The government also announced plans to stockpile equipment and ammunition, expand transportation capabilities and develop technologies for warfare in cyberspace..

Recall that, according to the post-war constitution, Japan renounced the right to wage war and create means for this..

“The Prime Minister made a clear, unambiguous strategic statement about Japan's role as a security guarantor in the Indo-Pacific region,” said U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel. – He made it clear that Japan would implement deterrence with a capital “C”.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said at a meeting in Taipei on Friday with Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi that she looks forward to expanding defense cooperation with Japan..

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For its part, the Chinese Embassy in Japan said that Tokyo's new security strategy contains false narratives about China's military activities..

Prime Minister Kishida's plan provides for an increase in defense spending to 2% of GDP within five years, which means the abolition of the 1% self-limitation in place since 1976.

Recall, on August 3, the plane of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan.. Beijing did not contain the outrage. Announced a series of military operations and exercises that followed promises of " The United States has strengthened its naval grouping in the Philippine Sea.