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Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports

The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports
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The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

(Image credit: Keisuke Hosojima/AP)

Originally published at NPR World

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