{"id":104979,"date":"2026-04-21T03:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/shift-from-post-world-war-ii-pacifist-policy-japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-arms-exports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:36:11","slug":"shift-from-post-world-war-ii-pacifist-policy-japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-arms-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/shift-from-post-world-war-ii-pacifist-policy-japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-arms-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"Shift from post-World War II pacifist policy: Japan lifts ban on lethal arms exports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s Cabinet has approved new guidelines allowing the export of lethal weapons, including fighter jets and missiles, marking a significant departure from its postwar pacifist stance. This policy shift enables broader participation in global arms sales, driven by rising regional security concerns and a desire to bolster its defense industry and international cooperation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s Cabinet has approved new guidelines allowing the export of lethal weapons, including fighter jets and missiles, marking a significant departure from its postwar pacifist stance. This policy shift enables broader participation in global arms sales, driven by rising regional security concerns and a desire to bolster its defense industry and international cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":104980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}