Japan has approved scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports in a big change of its postwar pacifist policy

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Japan has approved scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports in a big change of its postwar pacifist policy

ByThe Associated Press

April 20, 2026, 9:24 PM

TOKYO -- Japan has approved scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports in a big change of its postwar pacifist policy.

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