Japan to buy more stealth fighters, radar to counter China, Russia

Advanced stealth fighters, long-range missiles are on Japan's shopping list giving the clearest indication yet of Japan's ambition to become a regional power as a military build-up by China and a resurgent Russia puts pressure on its US ally. Japan also plans to buy 45 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighters, worth about $4 billion, in addition to the 42 jets already on order.

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