{
  "id": 328451,
  "title": "Japan's Defense Ministry eyes record 8.9 tril. yen in FY 2027 budget request",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/japans-defense-ministry-eyes-record-8-9-tril-yen-in-fy-2027-budget",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-08T02:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260808/p2g/00m/0na/004000c"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Defense Ministry plans to seek a record budget of 8.9 trillion yen ($56 billion) for fiscal 2027, sources familiar with the m",
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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."
}