The Pentagon’s No. 3 official has heaped praise on South Korea for being the first U.S. treaty ally outside of NATO to hike spending 3.5% of GDP on defense — a move expected to impact Japan’s own spending plans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/16/japan/politics/south-korea-defense-spending-us-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #us #usjapanrelations #budgets #defense #donaldtrump #elbridgecolby #sanaetakaichi
Two new private-sector members of a key government panel have called on the government to compile a fiscal 2025 supplementary budget worth at least ¥14 trillion to fund upcoming economic measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/japan-government-panel-budget-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #budgets #sanaetakaichi #japaneseeconomy
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday that a proposed supplementary budget would include spending to help local governments address attacks by bears. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/politics/extra-budget-bear-attacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #bears #animals #budgets #shinjirokoizumi #localgovernment
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Defense chief Shijiro Koizumi used a series of meetings during a regional summit to push for deepened cooperation with partners while expressing concern to his Chinese counterpart over military moves near Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/japan/politics/koizumi-defense-ministers-china-asean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #defense #defenseministry #china #chinajapanrelations #pla #eastchinasea #senkakus #budgets #sdf
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cannot suspend food aid during the ongoing government shutdown, two federal judges ruled, saying the government must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/world/politics/trump-food-aid-judges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #congress #poverty #donaldtrump #democrats #republicans #budgets
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was holding her first meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with trade and security issues on the agenda, as Japan’s new leader looks to cultivate ties with her counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-us-japan-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp
U.S. President Donald Trump was bound for Tokyo on Monday, where he is set to meet the emperor in the evening and new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday for a summit that will focus on trade and defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-japan-arrives/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #us #usjapanrelations #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #usmilitary #defense #trade #tariffs #investments #budgets #ldp
When new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday, she will have a “Trump card” that other leaders have not: her closeness to late former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/japan/politics/trump-takaichi-abe-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #us #defense #budgets #trade #tariffs #usjapanrelations
The Pentagon said it received an anonymous $130 million donation to pay the military during the U.S. government shutdown, a move the administration might not legally be able to carry out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/world/politics/pentagon-anonymous-gift-pay-troops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #usmilitary #budgets #congress #donaldtrump
Maintaining the quality of Japan's medical and nursing care services while lowering related expenses, amid an aging population, will pose a difficult challenge for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/politics/japan-pm-takaichi-medical-costs-balance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jip #nursingcare #elderly #hospitals #budgets
Japan’s new ruling coalition policy agreement has quietly tucked in a number of defense initiatives that could further accelerate the country’s push to beef up its security and shed some postwar constraints. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/politics/japan-ruling-bloc-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #nipponishinnokai #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #budgets #defense #defenseministry
U.S. President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs amid a government shutdown has hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging the standoff. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/world/politics/trump-trust-democrats-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #congress #budgets #republicans #democrats #donaldtrump
The Trump administration said on Saturday it would pay troops during the federal government shutdown by tapping unused funds that had been set aside for research and development. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/world/politics/us-military-pay-troops-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #congress #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump #budgets
The White House is making good on threats to fire thousands of federal workers amid a government shutdown now in its 10th day, with job cuts across several federal agencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/11/world/politics/us-government-shutdown-firings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #jobs #donaldtrump #budgets #congress #republicans #democrats
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top Asia official has urged Japan to ramp up its defense budget, saying Tokyo “has long underemphasized spending for its own defense.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/japan-us-defense-spending-pentagon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #defense #budgets #shigeruishiba #defenseministry #indopacific #johnnoh #sanaetakaichi
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will start laying off federal workers if Trump decides negotiations with Democrats to end a government shutdown are "going nowhere," a White House official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/politics/white-house-mass-layoffs-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #congress #budgets #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said the country's defense budget for next year would rise by 8.2% to $47.1 billion, adding that peace would only be possible on a strong foundation of security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-defense-budget-2026/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #defense #budgets #leejaemyung #northkorea