Tokyo: Japan will soon outline plans to drastically expand its defence capabilities over the next five years in response to threats from China and nuclear-armed North Korea. Here are some of the key changes expected: Counterstrike capacity Defence spending will be ramped up to reach the NATO standard of two per cent of GDP by 2027, rising from a traditional level of about one per cent. Some of the money will be for missiles that can be used to destroy enemy launch sites that threaten Japan — so-called “counterstrike capacity”. To do that, the country is reportedly considering buying up...