In its 2024 defence budget, the MoD allocated JPY16.8 billion (USD112 million) and JPY15.1 billion to procure 10 Type 10 MBTs and 16 Type 19 SPHs respectively.

The Mitsubishi Type 10 is Japan's main battle tank, and with all its firepower and advanced technologies, this is a vehicle that will probably stick around for a long time.

The one tank that sticks in my craw is the Imperial Japanese Army’s Type 95 Ha-Go Main Battle Tank (MBT), which was used by Japan in World War II. According to my colleague, Maya Carlin, “By ...