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Japan enacts record-high budget amid political, public backlash to soaring defense outlays

STORY: Japan enacts record-high budget amid political, public backlash to soaring defense outlays DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protesting against rising defence outlays STORYLINE: Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a record 114.38 trillion yen (874.77 billion U.S. dollar) budget for fiscal 2023, including record allocations for controversial defense spending plans amid political and public opposition and against a backdrop of the country's dire fiscal health. The government's budget includes a record 6.82 trillion yen (52.15 billion dollars) in defense spending, a 20 percent hike and the highest on record, for the first year of a controversial and unprecedented five-year spending plan. The five-year plan has drawn staunch criticism from the public, opposition parties and scholars, in no small part due to the plan running contrary to Japan's constitutionally-bound pacifist stance. For the year from April, non-tax re

Opposing Japan-S. Korea pact

Opposing Japan-S. Korea pact

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean civic group opposes a planned military agreement between South Korea and Japan in Seoul on July 2, 2012. The two countries have postponed signing their first-ever military agreement, aimed at sharing classified information, due to a last-minute request from South Korea amid concern about a public backlash over the strengthening of such cooperation with its former colonial power.

Japan, S. Korea put off signing of military pact

Japan, S. Korea put off signing of military pact

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean civic group protests against a military agreement between South Korea and Japan, in Seoul on June 29, 2012. The two countries the same day postponed signing their first-ever military agreement, aimed at sharing classified information, due to a last-minute request from South Korea amid concern about a public backlash over the strengthening of such cooperation with its former colonial power.