Japan: expenditure on medium-term defense program by category 2027

Japan planned to spend an estimated 43 trillion Japanese yen on its defense program from the fiscal year 2023 to 2027. This was a considerable increase compared to the defense budget of the previous medium-term defense program.

Medium-term defense program expenditure in Japan from fiscal year 2019 to 2027, by category (in trillion Japanese yen)

Characteristic	Standard defense capabilities maintenance	Annual governmental budget allocated for defense-related expenditure	Contract funds related to newly established projects (cost of equipment)
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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal year 2019 to 2027; the fiscal year started on April 1 of the stated year and ended on March 31 of the following year

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estimates

Supplementary notes

Budget plans for defense expenditure in Japan come in five-year installments through a program called the "medium-term defense program." The fiscal year 2023 is the transition year to the next medium-term defense program.

100 Japanese yen equal 0.76 U.S. dollars or 0.71 euros as of January 2023.
Values have been rounded.

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