Tokyo has further drifted away from its proclaimed post-WWII pacifist stance, allowing arms sales to 17 nations
Japan has lifted restrictions on lethal arms sales, ending a ban on military exports imposed under the country’s pacifist constitution in 1947.
The move was announced on Tuesday by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative who had long advocated revising Japan’s pacifist constitution and further beefing up the country’s offensive military capabilities. The PM said the decision comes amid an increasingly challenging security environment, when “no single country can now protect its own peace and security alone.”
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