Tokyo Tower. File photoTOKYO, Jul 22Japan expresses concern over the strengthening of China's military capabilities and the strengthening of the «strategic alliance» between China and Russia, the country's defense ministry's annual report «Japan Defense White Paper 2022» says. he increased his defense budget, and also carried out a rapid improvement in military power in qualitative and quantitative aspects, focusing on the atom, missiles, and naval and air forces, ”the document notes. The report also emphasizes that China is allegedly targeting the use of artificial intelligence and other means in the army. In addition, the white paper states that Beijing intends to accelerate the bilateral transfer of resources between the civilian and military spheres. There are also concerns about steps to strengthen cooperation between China and Russia, in particular through joint exercises and joint patrols. «Such interaction in in the military sphere, they are trying to present it as “strategic coordination.” These trends are cause for concern and suggest the need to continue to monitor them in the future,” the authors of the report say. />Japan is determined to maintain a share in the Sakhalin-2 project, Kyodo reports. At the same time, the document does not exclude «a change in the balance of power in the region and the level of cooperation between Russia and China» as a result of the fact that, according to Japanese analysts, a special operation on Ukraine could allegedly lead to a decrease in Russia's national power in the medium and long term. The White Paper of Defense is an annual report by the Japanese Ministry of Defense on the situation in the world in terms of the country's defense, as well as on the activities of the self-defense forces over the past year and the main trends in the world and in sphere of national defense. Today, the book was presented to the government for consideration. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the President, the ultimate goal of the operation is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions guaranteeing the security of Russia itself. Eastern Europe
