{"id":46766,"date":"2026-04-21T04:50:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-weapons-exports-in-major-shift-of-pacifist-policy-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T04:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:50:03","slug":"japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-weapons-exports-in-major-shift-of-pacifist-policy-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-weapons-exports-in-major-shift-of-pacifist-policy-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwAFBVV95cUxPRHJzZC1WNnlrc2k5dTNNODNIa1dKSTJHSjdKWC1aR1lrWTRwczREQ3BQRUZWcVpnSllmVlNsZHNsNEd6Mm9BbTdacnFWN2t2bUFfMGdCOFdzaTdNUFJPcl9DRV9aTWlBTlRCOElWRUdqR3BlRmJuZURtdklsemJpbEVpVl9tM0FLM1NKZHBrRVFHc01Yc3hzWVlaVkJZUzdJZUN1R2hPNDJrdnNqcEJfamFtUG82bkxXXzVxelRnY0M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Japan opens door to global arms market with overhaul of defence export rules<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxQM2RnSXN4M0dCQ0YxeHlMNU1VVERMeUhRUWt0Q3VpOEs2UzB2aEJiYktUbFI5SUVVYWVZRDRhMVYzRmVsaXI0T3VWVzZMcGdFVklNdHJsM3B3UGZ1bEVTUUVnWDNOUXpKcHdqOFE3czJMSUl2cmFaQW0tQmlrZHNNRlBpQTY5Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Japan to Sell More Weapons Abroad, Breaking With Postwar Pacifism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQeVNibUZ3Q0h3Rnd5aHVub2o2eFZfRTdXenZFTk5IcHVDSDI4MXBtZEJibWZZQjB5ekEzLVppTE02UHEya3pIRmdNVE5SZHEwODhlbTNPbk9fU2VDWFZlSk9TckVIZUFBb214cF9jdmRDejBDRGc0empSTjRRV1hmeDcwaWpNX2xkeGc5cEUtdWZoTGI3N3RhMkpWbGh0NkhDaFRTRUdfdGlSVFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Sun sets on Japanese pacifism with lifting of military trade ban<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Telegraph<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQSXJJRXlBTkh1M0R0cDVDVjMxU09NRGpNSFU1TzF4LV9tTDVYaXh1dHg1enExTFktYTVxLVBMZFFBYnZ6dnhRYkt3d2ZQYjV5amt2a1ZkYW9BcjZmZ3FkZlRlQVY1VnFHVTd6SDZsckVaMUlPY3pHQUNvbldNa3RqakdOYjNjRWZMaHpUd1dwcGtBOXJpaDFfVkRuSkNSRTV3UWI0NzJlSEJqWWJOM01DcndpWTM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Japan Scraps Most Curbs on Exporting Weapons in Historic Shift<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera Japan opens door to global arms market with overhaul of defence&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-weapons-exports-in-major-shift-of-pacifist-policy-al-jazeera\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}