Tokyo plans to spend 2% of GDP on defense and says its missiles will be able to hit other countries

TOKYO—Japan called China its biggest security challenge and said it would sharply raise military spending including for missiles that can hit other countries, marking one of Tokyo’s biggest post-World War II shifts away from pacifism.

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