United States and Japan Announced Massive Military Budgets Designed to Confront China

Jose Nino   |  

Dec 24, 2023

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On December 22, 2023, United States President Joe Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act fiscal Year 2024. This legislation authorized a record $886 billion in yearly military spending, which is roughly a 3% increase. This bill featured policies such as aid for Ukraine and a “push-back against China” in the Indo-Pacific, Reuters reported.

Taiwanese media described the US defense bill as “Taipei-friendly,” as it allegedly mandates the creation of a training program for Taiwan’s armed forces and a status report on the delivery of weapons and services that the US government has agreed to sell to Taiwan.

In the Indo-Pacific region, the US routinely deploys military aircraft and vessels to carry out reconnaissance missions dangerously close to China’s coastal regions, sails through Taiwan Straits,  and conducts provocative exercises across the South China Sea. On top of that, the US sells weapons and supplies military aid to the island of Taiwan in an attempt to challenge China’s perceived sovereignty over the island nation. 

At around the same time as the US announced its record military spending plan, Japan’s cabinet on December 23 also gave the green light to its record-setting defense budget of $56 billion for the 2024 fiscal year, per an AP report.

This decision by the Japanese government to increase military spending comes during a time when Japan “accelerates the deployment of long-range cruise missiles that can hit targets in China or North Korea while Japanese troops increasingly work with allies and take on more offensive roles,” the AP report stated .

This spending plan also relaxed Japan’s postwar prohibition on lethal weapon exports, highlighting a shift away from the country’s self-defense-only foreign policy. The Japanese government took advantage of this by quickly approving the delivery of US Patriot surface-to-air missiles manufactured in Japan under an American license back to the US to bolster American firepower, the AP reported.

Japan has every right to defend itself and build its own foreign policy vision. However, it should not serve as a puppet for US interests. For once a majestic imperial power, Japan should not stoop to such lows and become a petty pawn for the Globalist American Empir

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