Ukraine war spurs Japan to boost R&D in drones, AI: document

Draft fiscal guidelines seek to respond to 'changes in security environment'

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A Global Hawk drone conducts a test flight in the U.S. (Northrop Grumman via Reuters)

RYO NEMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A draft of one of Japan's most closely watched policy documents calls for "radically strengthening" the country's defensive capabilities with more research and development in technologies needed to respond to conflicts like the Ukraine war.

The draft economic and fiscal policy guidelines put forward by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida note that "the security environment has grown even more difficult" as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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