Between guns and butter, Japan decides on both

Tax cuts and subsidies to go ahead even as defense spending set to rise

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with U.S. President Donald Trump on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier docked at Yokosuka City, Japan, late last year.  © Kyodo

TOKYO -- Japan is poised to raise defense spending, but is not trimming in other areas to adjust for the increase, unlike France, Australia and others that are making cuts elsewhere to boost military budgets.