The government on Thursday endorsed provisional basic policy guidelines on defense spending in the fiscal 2010 budget as it put off compiling new long-term guidelines for a year.
Based on the current guidelines, the provisional guidelines seek to curb spending because of the government’s financial problems while striving to maintain deterrence. They do not include an increase in Self-Defense Forces personnel.
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