SINGAPORE -- Japan intends to drastically reinforce its defense capabilities, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said in a speech at the IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore on Saturday.
"There is a potential danger that something like Russia's invasion of Ukraine could happen in the Indo-Pacific region," Kishi said at the annual security forum also called the Shangri-La Dialogue.
As the "lesson" of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he stressed that "the danger of countries possessing or developing nuclear weapons and ignoring the rules is a real one."
