Japan now has a new diplomatic policy tool.
In April, the government decided to implement a new official security assistance (OSA) framework to grant financial aid to the militaries of like-minded countries, which is distinct from its official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries limited to nonmilitary purposes.
OSA is aimed at raising the security capabilities of developing countries and the beneficiaries are military forces.
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