{
  "id": 363750,
  "title": "Taiwan’s 2027 defense spending to rise 16%, official media reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/taiwans-2027-defense-spending-to-rise-16-official-media-reports",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T09:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/09/asia-pacific/taiwan-2027-defense-spending-rise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Taiwan's Cabinet will propose a budget for 2027 that will for the first time exceed 1 trillion new Taiwan dollars ($31 billion).",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}