- No request from US to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP: Japan PM "I haven't heard directly about the exact number, 5%" You might hear it from China hawk Elbridge Colby when he visits you shortly. "Colby is likely to brief Japanese & South Korean officials mainichi.jp/english/arti...
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- on the new policy document, and he could directly ask them to work toward the spending target." mainichi.jp/english/arti... Foreign Ministry official: "It's not something that we will do just because the US side says, 'Bring it up to 5%.'" We shall see.
