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Gilberto Teodoro

Gilberto Teodoro

Defense Secretary of the Philippines

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Japan ends postwar ban on lethal weapons exports

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Formally welcomed Japan's arms export liberalization; planning visit to Tokyo to discuss equipment transfers

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