Japan's unused defense budget in FY 2023 totals 130 billion yen

The Japanese government left unused about 130 billion yen ($807 million) from the over 6.8 trillion yen that was earmarked as the defense budget for fiscal 2023, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday, a move that could raise questions over the current record-level of defense buildup.The amount of the backlogged money for the year ending March 31 was the second largest since fiscal 2007, after the Defense Ministry was upgraded from an agency. The largest amount was around 180 billion yen logged in fiscal 2011, in the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami disaster that devas…READ FULL ARTICLE