Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners.

Can Japan be a major player in the international defense sector, like its neighbor South Korea?

Japan could soon sell weapons overseas, including fighter jets, in a shift from its decades-old pacifist policy.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government revised limits on defense equipment exports Tuesday to enable the sale of weapons overseas, as it seeks to boost security cooperation with partner countries.

Japanese citizens have historically derided hawkish politicians and defense firms as “merchants of death.” These constraints on defense production have taken their toll. Japan is almost entirely ...

London: Japan will ease decades-old arms export rules, the government's top spokesman Minoru Kihara said on Tuesday, a policy shift that paves the way for the sale of lethal weapons overseas. The new ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that "no single country can now protect its own peace and security alone." ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and ...