JAPAN LIFTS THE BAN ON LETHAL ARMS: 80 YEARS OF CONSTITUTIONAL PACIFISM SWEPT AWAY IN A SINGLE VOTE

CHINA

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Beijing cries 'militarism': Japan is arming China's direct adversaries in the South China Sea

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UNITED STATES

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Washington welcomes an ally that can finally share the defense-industrial burden

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JAPAN

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Tokyo crosses a historic Rubicon but insists: pacifist principles remain 'unchanged'

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RUSSIA

STATE

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Moscow sees Japan joining the belligerents' camp: arms for Ukraine lurk between the lines

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TAIWAN

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Taipei welcomes a strengthened anti-Beijing coalition but refrains from naming itself as beneficiary

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