Japan Defense Budget

FILE - In this photo provided by the Australian Department of Defense, a Japanese Type 12 surface-to-ship missile is launched by the Second Artillery Brigade of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force at Beecroft Weapons Range near Jervis Bay, Australia, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, as part of Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint exercise involving 19 nations and 35,000 military personnel. (PTE Alex Brown/Australian Department of Defense via AP, File)

Type-12 surface-to-ship missile launchers are seen at the inauguration ceremony of a missile regiment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Uruma, Okinawa, southern Japan, on March 30, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)