US EditionJapan’s Strategic Pivot: Arms Exports as a Tool of Diplomacy
The overhaul lets ministers approve lethal arms sales case by case as Tokyo seeks deeper security ties and more production revenue.
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Tokyo now allows the export of lethal weapons from warships to missiles.
Why Japan is scrapping its ban on exporting lethal arms
Japan could soon be selling more arms overseas after it lifted a ban on exporting lethal weapons, including fighter jets. It’s the country’s biggest overhaul of defence export rules for decades and a “major shift” to Japan’s “post-World War II constitution”, said Al Jazeera.Pacifist nation no more“Pacifist restraints” have “shaped” Japan’s post-war security policy, said Reuters. The previous rules, introduced in 1967 and enacted in 1976, restric…
After decades of self-defense doctrine, the Pacific island state also opens up its armaments in "deadly" areas for export. The aim is to build an armaments industry, despite economic and budgetary weaknesses, capable of militaryly supporting its own claim in the Indo-Pacific. – A commentary by Enrico Telle.
Comedian Koji Higashino (58) appeared on TBS's "Sunday Japon" (Sundays, 9:54 AM) on the 26th. The government, at a cabinet meeting and National Security Council (NSC) meeting on the 21st, discussed the issue of defense equipment…
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