Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy
Japan scraps ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy (cnbc); Japan loosens arms export rules in break from post-WW2 pacifism (bbc)
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S2453 · 119th Congress
Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience Authorization Act
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What S2453 actually does
This story is about Japan changing its policy to allow the sale of lethal weapons abroad. This bill would direct the Department of Defense and State to establish a security-cooperation initiative to strengthen defense-industrial-base cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and report regularly to Congress.
If passed, it would:
- Directs DoD and State to establish Indo-Pacific defense-industrial cooperation • Requires regular briefings and reports to Congress on progress and recommendations.
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