{
  "id": 17792271,
  "title": "Japan weighs US$500bil defence spending plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/japan-weighs-us-500bil-defence-spending-plan-17792271",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T11:13:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/11/02/japan-weighs-us-500bil-defence-spending-plan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Defence spending for the five years from April 2027 is proposed at ¥70 trillion to ¥80 trillion, about 1.8 times the ¥43 trillion allocated under the current five-year plan.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}