Japan’s military buildup accelerates

Japan must further strengthen its national defense to counter China’s rapidly expanding reach into the Pacific, its Defense Ministry said in a white paper released Tuesday. Describing China as “an unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge” to Japan’s security, the paper said the Japanese must not only increase military spending but also build a more robust defense industrial base and bolster its alliances. Japan and China are locked in an intensifying rivalry, driving both powers to build formidable military might. Yet biblical prophecy reveals that they will ultimately unite under Russian leadership and unleash that power in the deadliest war mankind has ever known.