Japan will spend $ 200 billion on defense in the end of this decade . China and Japan have a long-standing territorial dispute in the East China Sea over a group of islands known in Japan as the Senkakus and in China as the Diaoyutai . Compares with the $ 200 billion Japan will likely spend on defense . Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , China is becoming more assertive about its defense posture . China 's J11 says defense paper is an excuse for Japan 's military expansion .
Japan will spend $ 200 billion on defense in the end of this decade . Compares with the $ 200 billion Japan will likely spend on defense . Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , China is becoming more assertive about its defense posture . China 's J11 says defense paper is an excuse for Japan 's military expansion .