日本通過了新的國防開支預算案

Japan has adopted new defense plans calling for a five percent increase in military spending and a greater regional role for its self-defense forces.

The national security strategy and defense guidelines approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday are seen as part of a response to China's growing military power.

The plans were drawn up at the request of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who wants to revise Japan's pacifist constitution to help deal with regional issues, including China.

Under the new plans, defense spending would increase by five percent from 2014 to 2019. Surveillance drones, submarines, fighter jets and amphibious vehicles would be among the purchases, which will total $247 billion.

The hardware is part of a shift in military focus from the north to the southwest, where Japan is involved in a tense dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea.日本通過了新的國防開支預算案。軍費增加5%。要求自衛武裝加大在地區內的作用。

日本政府內閣星期二批准了國家安全戰略和防衛大綱，這被看作對中國不斷加強的軍事力量的反應的一部分。

預算案是應安倍首相的要求起草的。安倍希望修改日本和平主義的憲法，幫助應對包括中國在內的地區性問題。

新的預算案規定，2014年到2019年，日本國防開支將增加百分之5。將用兩千四百七十億美元購買無人偵察機，潛艇，戰鬥機和兩棲車輛。

添置這些武器是日本把軍事重心從北方轉移到西南方努力的一部分。日本在東中國海上跟中國捲入一場領土爭端。