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Japan picked up the F-35 fighter jointly developed by US, UK, Australia and others over Boeings F/A-18 and F-15 FX and Euro- fighter to contend with China developing next generation J-17 fighters.
According to Kyodo news agency, the Japanese defence ministry is seeking fiscal allocation in the 2011 budget to purchase these advanced stealth fighter jets.
The F-35 fighters with covered armament pods is estimated to cost USD 101 million each, Kyodo said.
The agency said that Japan's first choice was to acquire Lockheed-Martins F-22 Raptor fighters to replace its ageing F-4EJ fighters, but the US has refused to sell these fighters built to evade radars at supersonic speeds.
US has also announced plans to halt production of the Raptors, billed to be world's most costliest fighter.
Washington has not sold even a single F-22 to any other country.
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Japan had better arm itself for in the near future it is going to be subjected to a terrible revenge by the Chinese for the havoc perpetrated by Japan on China during the incident known as the Sack of Nanking or Rape of Nanking in 1937 in which more than 2,00,000 Chinese are feared to have been murdered by the Japanese invading forces in an attack having the blessings of the Japanese Emperor.China is biding its time and will pay back in the same coin at a time and place of its choosing. Japan, don't say you haven't been warned.