Japan's 'militarisation' complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday (Sep 3). Russia and Japan have complex relations marked by decades of territorial dispute over a handful of small, Russian-held
"Troop exercises are taking place near the Kuril Islands, which seriously complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region."
Japan's foreign ministry and Prime Minister's Office could not immediately be reached for comment outside business hours. Russia decided this year to declare Sep 3 - the day after Japan's surrender in World War Two - a"Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan", spurring a protest from Tokyo. Medvedev said Japan, with help from the United States, was expanding its military infrastructure and increasing its arms purchases.n in next fiscal year's budget, part of its biggest military buildup since World War Two, aiming to double defence spending to 2 per cent of gross domestic product by 2027, citing an increasingly assertive China and an unpredictable North Korea.
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