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 North Korean aggression. FRANCE 24's Luke Shrago reports.
Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy
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Mon 08:47 - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan (.gov)
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Tue 03:15 - Financial Times
Japan lifts ban on lethal arms exports
Tue 04:03 - DW All
Japan ends decades-old ban on lethal arms exports in major policy shift
Tue 04:03 - DW Top
Japan ends decades-old ban on lethal arms exports in major policy shift
Tue 04:46 - Al Jazeera English
Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy
Tue 05:06 - Nikkei Asia
3 Japan Self-Defense Force members dead in tank accident - Nikkei Asia
Tue 05:09 - The New York Times
Japan to Sell More Weapons Abroad, Breaking With Postwar Pacifism - The New York Times
Tue 05:25 - Tagesschau
Japan relaxes rules on arms exports
Tue 07:31 - BBC Headlines
Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism
Tue 08:19 - Bloomberg.com
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Tue 08:26 - DW All
Japan loosens long-standing curbs on arms exports
Tue 08:26 - DW Top
Japan loosens long-standing curbs on arms exports
Tue 09:22 - The Japan Times
Three GSDF members die after tank explosion during training in Oita Prefecture - The Japan Times
Tue 10:10 - nhk.or.jp
Three GSDF personnel dead after tank ammunition explosion during training - nhk.or.jp
Tue 10:59 - Handelsblatt Politik
Armament: Historic turning point: Japan lifts export ban on lethal weapons
Tue 11:04 - AP News
3 soldiers die in a shell explosion inside a tank gun turret during army drill in Japan - AP News
Tue 12:14 - MarketWatch
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Tue 12:15 - SRF International
Abandonment of pacifism – Japan allows exports of lethal weapons
Tue 12:24 - Reuters
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Tue 15:44 - New York Magazine
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Tue 16:01 - SURFER Magazine
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Tue 17:00 - Hodinkee
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Tue 21:54 - France 24
Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy