{
  "id": 16175613,
  "title": "Japan’s university defence bids surge as post-war taboo fades amid China concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/japans-university-defence-bids-surge-as-post-war-taboo-fades-amid-16175613",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T09:31:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3371931/japans-university-defence-bids-surge-post-war-taboo-fades-amid-china-concerns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese universities and other educational institutions more than doubled their applications for defence ministry research funding this year to a record 291, up from 123 last year, as Tokyo moves to strengthen its defences. The increase is the clearest sign yet that academia’s decades-long resistance to military-linked work is easing. The bids accounted for more than half the record 560…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}