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Japan Scraps Postwar Arms Export Ban in Strategic Pivot Against China

Tokyo's dismantling of decades-old pacifist constraints opens multi-billion-dollar defense market, reshaping Indo-Pacific security architecture as allied nations hedge against U.S. uncertainty.

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Geopolitics

Japan Ends 60-Year Arms Export Ban, Opens $15B Defense Market

Tokyo's cabinet approves lethal weapons sales to 17 allied nations, dismantling post-WWII pacifist restrictions as China threat reshapes Indo-Pacific security calculus.

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