Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy
The new guideline scraps those limits and allows the export of equipment such as fighter jets, missiles and destroyers. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan on Tuesday (April 21, 2026) endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms…