The government has made final adjustments to the total expenditure of about 5.34 trillion yen for defense expenses in the budget plan for the next fiscal year, and is expected to increase for the ninth consecutive year, the highest ever.
The Ministry of Defense has posted a record high of 5,489.8 billion yen in the budget request for the next fiscal year, and has been coordinating with the Ministry of Finance to decide the budget plan later this month.
As a result,
▽ Expenses for the construction of two new Aegis ships to replace the new interception missile system "Aegis Ashore" that was abandoned,
▽ Development of the next fighter that will succeed the F2 fighter of the Air Self-Defense Force Expenses etc. were recognized.
In addition,
▽ as an expense of space-related positioned as "to strengthen the priority to defense capabilities," the Defense Ministry is now also be recorded, such as design costs of the satellite scheduled to be launched in prospect the 8 year Ryowa.
On the other hand, the repair cost, which was 21.3 billion yen in the budget request, to enable the F15 fighter to be equipped with long-range cruise missiles, etc. I will be sent off.
For this reason, the total expenditure for the next fiscal year's budget is expected to increase by about 30 billion yen from this year to about 5,340 billion yen, increasing for the ninth consecutive year and reaching a record high.