The Yen Is Plunging. So Is Japan’s Defense Budget.
The yen’s collapse this yearto a nearly four-decade low is undermining Japan’s plans for its largest military buildup in postwar history.
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The yen’s collapse this yearto a nearly four-decade low is undermining Japan’s plans for its largest military buildup in postwar history.
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This article was originally published by Pacific Forum, a Honolulu-based foreign policy research institute founded in 1975.