EDITORIAL: Japan makes security policy switch without public discourse | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Under its post-World War II pacifist Constitution, Japan has strictly refrained from arms exports for decades, resolving never to be a nation that encourages conflict or allows its weapons to be used to kill people.

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