TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Tuesday 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 ...

Japan on April 21 scrapped a decades-old ban on exporting lethal weapons, clearing the way for sales of fighter jets, missiles, and warships to allied nations in the most dramatic shift in the country ...

To fully understand its significance, we must situate the Cabinet decision within both its historical context and the evolving international environment. A Type 88 surface-to-ship missile is ...

“Pacifist restraints” have “shaped” Japan’s post-war security policy, said Reuters. The previous rules, introduced in 1967 and enacted in 1976, restricted military exports to non-lethal arms, such as ...

Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country ...