Budget Brief: Funding On Track For Tokyo’s Defense Buildup Plan

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Craig Caffrey
January 30, 2026

Credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty/Aviation Week

For Japan, 2026 marks the penultimate year of its Defense Buildup Plan (DBP). The five-year project was initiated in December 2022 in response to a perceived deterioration in the regional security environment to pursue two core aims. First, Tokyo sought to expand military capabilities to enable…

Craig Caffrey

Craig is the head of Aviation Week Network’s defense data team responsible for managing the company’s defense databases and leading on related consultancy projects.

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