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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2018, file photo, a convoy of assault amphibious vehicles of U.S. Marine Corps, left, and Japan Self-Defense Forces, right, is driven during the Self-Defense Forces Day at Asaka Base in Asaka, north of Tokyo. Japan's Cabinet has approved a record 5.26 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget as the country seeks to bolster its arms capability by increasingly buying advanced U.S. weapons. The budget plan endorsed Friday, Dec. 21 rises 1. 3 percent from the previous year, a seventh annual increase since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in 2012. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2018, file photo, a convoy of assault amphibious vehicles of U.S. Marine Corps, left, and Japan Self-Defense Forces, right, is driven during the Self-Defense Forces Day at Asaka Base in Asaka, north of Tokyo. Japan's Cabinet has approved a record 5.26 trillion yen ($47 billion) defense budget as the country seeks to bolster its arms capability by increasingly buying advanced U.S. weapons. The budget plan endorsed Friday, Dec. 21 rises 1. 3 percent from the previous year, a seventh annual increase since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in 2012. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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