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Japan ends postwar ban on lethal weapons exports

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Gatekeeper for all lethal weapons export approvals

Japan banned lethal weapons exports in 1967 and tightened the prohibition in 1976. On April 21, 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet scrapped those limits.

Updated May 31