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Opinion | Japan’s latest military gamble reflects a changing security landscape

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At the same time, it has been working towards increasing its defence budget to 2 per cent of its gross domestic product by 2027, which will potentially make it the third biggest defence spender in the world after the United States and China. In addition, back in 2015, when Shinzo Abe was Japanese prime minister, … Read more

Why is Japan changing its ban on exporting lethal weapons, and why is it so controversial?

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Japan’s Cabinet OK’d a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries on Tuesday, its latest step away from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of World War II. The controversial decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure Japan’s role in a year-old project to develop … Read more