Japan on Tuesday, December 17, 2013, approved a plan to increase defense spending by 5 percent over the next five years to purchase its first surveillance drones, more jet fighters, naval destroyers, beach-assault vehicles and troop-carrying aircraft in the face of China's military expansion.
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| Military armored vehicles participate to the annual military parade of Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) at the Ground Self Defence Force’s Asaka training ground in Tokyo, Japan, 27 October 2013. |