Japan scraps ban on lethal weapons exports in ‘historic’ shift of policy 高市政権、武器輸出を全面解禁 殺傷兵器も対象 戦後平和主義からの転換
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on April 15.
(Pool via Reuters)
Japan on April 21 scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression.
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