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Japan Cabinet OKs more defense funds amid potential threats

by Mari Yamaguchi
| December 22, 2020 12:03 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet approved a ninth straight increase in the nation's defense budget as the government bolsters funding to develop longer-range cruise missiles and stealth fighters to counter potential threats from China and North Korea.

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