Japan is getting ready to protect itself from China in the Indo-Pacific area. They have made two new documents about defense, and the United States will give them special missiles. Japan will spend more money on their military to be stronger and become one of the top five defense countries. Japan thinks that if they invest in their own defense, the United States and other friends will be more likely to help them if there is a problem.
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Japan is getting ready to protect itself from China in the Indo-Pacific area.
They have made two new documents about defense,
and the United States will give them special missiles.
Japan will spend more money on their military to be stronger
and become one of the top five defense countries.
Japan thinks that if they invest in their own defense,
the United States and other friends will be more likely to help them if there is a problem.
Vocabulary
protect
Indo-Pacific
documents
defense
special
missiles
spend
money
military
stronger
top five
defense
country
invest
problem
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Japan is taking a bold step by abandoning its traditional cautious posture and heavily rearming itself to confront the threat posed by China in the Indo-Pacific region. To this end, Japan has released two new defense-related documents, including a National Security Strategy and a National Defense Strategy. The United States has also agreed to provide Tomahawk cruise missiles to Tokyo, a privilege that was previously only granted to the United Kingdom. Additionally, Japan's military budget is anticipated to increase to 2% of GDP over the next five years, which could place Tokyo among the top five global defense players. The Japanese government has concluded that the most effective approach to secure the support of the United States and other allies in the event of a crisis is to make a substantial investment in its own defense.
Listen Line-by-Line
Japan is taking a bold step by abandoning its traditional cautious posture
and heavily rearming itself to confront the threat posed by China in the Indo-Pacific region.
To this end, Japan has released two new defense-related documents,
including a National Security Strategy and a National Defense Strategy.
The United States has also agreed to provide Tomahawk cruise missiles to Tokyo,
a privilege that was previously only granted to the United Kingdom.
Additionally, Japan's military budget is anticipated to increase to 2% of GDP over the next five years,
which could place Tokyo among the top five global defense players.
The Japanese government has concluded that the most effective approach to secure the support of the United States and other allies
in the event of a crisis is to make a substantial investment in its own defense.
Vocabulary
a bold step
abandon
traditional
cautious
posture
region
defense-related
documents
national security
strategy
missiles
privilege
only granted to
previously
anticipated
effective
approach
secure the support
allies
in the event of
crisis
substantial
investment