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Tensions in the Korean peninsula, Japan aims to increase defence spending

A senior lawmaker from Japan's ruling liberal democratic party has said that his country needs to increase its military spending while it faces a threat from China and North Korea. Kōichi Hagiuda made the comments while in Taiwan where he is attending a forum about Taiwan-Japan relations.