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US-Japan summit preview: Joe Biden and Fumio Kishida expected to raise defence, diplomacy as China looms

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But that page was unlikely to include a detailed road map any time soon as the allies struggle to reorganise entrenched defence systems built over decades. A central problem, say analysts, is that the military structure in neighbouring South Korea is headed by a four-star general, while American army, naval, air force and marine forces … 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