This year's ordinary Diet was convened on the 23rd, and Prime Minister Kishida indicated his intention to work on the realization of a drastic strengthening of defense capabilities.


We have summarized the focus and the positions of each party on strengthening defense capabilities.

[Focus 1] Increase in defense spending

In order to fundamentally strengthen defense capabilities, the government and ruling parties have set the level of defense build-up over the next five years at around 43 trillion yen, which is 1.6 times the previous plan. It is a policy to take measures of 11 trillion yen, which is equivalent to 2% of GDP when combined with defense spending and related expenses.



On the other hand, the opposition party said


that it is indispensable for the Japan Restoration Party to raise the standard of 2% of GDP and that it is an international responsibility.



▽ The Constitutional Democratic Party says that a certain amount of increase is possible as a result of accumulating the necessary budget, but criticizes that the 43 trillion yen indicated by the government is based on numbers and lacks rationality.



In addition, the


Democratic Party for the People says that the necessary defense budget should be increased, but that it should be increased gradually over a period of about 10 years, rather than depending on the amount of the budget.



On the other hand,


▽ The Communist Party opposes the increase in defense spending as it will lead to a large military expansion.



In addition, the


Reiwa Shinsengumi is also opposed to increasing the defense budget, saying that economic measures should be given top priority.

[Focus 2] Financial resources for increased defense spending

At the end of last year, the government and ruling parties secured three-fourths of the financial resources for the increase in defense spending through expenditure reforms, etc., and the remaining one-fourth was to be raised through three taxes: corporate tax, income tax, and tobacco tax. I decided to go and pay for it.



However, within the Liberal Democratic Party, there is strong opposition to the tax increase, and from last week, a special mission committee within the party began discussing ways to increase financial resources other than the tax increase.



In response, the five opposition parties oppose the government's policy of increasing taxes in line with the increase in defense spending, saying that it was decided without going through deliberations in the Diet and cannot be tolerated. I am doing it.

[Focus 3] Possession of “counterattack capability”

The government and ruling parties have announced the possession of "counterattack capabilities" to hit launch sites, etc., saying that it is becoming difficult to respond to enemy ballistic missile attacks with the current missile defense alone.



In response to this, the opposition party argued that


it is natural for the Japan Restoration Party to have the ability to directly attack hostile countries in the event of aggression, under certain conditions. I should.



▽ The Democratic Party for the People says that as the security environment becomes more severe, it is not a situation where the impact force that has relied on the United States can be fully expected.



▽ The Constitutional Democratic Party does not deny that it possesses the ability to counterattack as long as it is compatible with the exclusive defense based on the Constitution, but the "counterattack ability" indicated by the government is a realistic decision to launch an attack on Japan. We do not agree with this on the grounds that it is difficult to do so and the risk of a “preemptive strike” is high.



▽ The Communist Party and ▽ Reiwa Shinsengumi oppose it, saying that it will lead to a change in the exclusive defense policy.