It was revealed that the total amount of land-based interceptor missile system "Aegis Ashore" will be close to 500 billion yen. President of the United States Trump is asking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "Buy American" (buy US products). US procurement of defense equipment following the state-of-the-art fighter aircraft can not be avoided and there is concern about further price hikes.
"I would like to make efforts to reduce the amount as much as possible" "I want to make efforts to develop as soon as possible"
Defense Minister Yoshinori Onodera stressed this point on the 30th when he announced the adoption of the US-made state-of-the-art radar to be installed in Aegis Ashore.
Up to now we have about 80 billion yen ...