Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way for it to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries. The announcement on Tuesday marks a milestone in Tokyo's shift away from the pacifism that has characterised its post-war defence policy. It also comes at a time of heightened tensions in the region.

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

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sent a ritual offering on Tuesday (Apr 21) to a shrine honouring the country's war dead that has long angered neighbouring countries but did not visit in person,

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made an offering to a shrine seen by Japan’s neighbors as glorifying its wartime past, in a move that stops short of a visit but may still anger China and other neighboring nations.

Japan has endorsed 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.

A big military exercise in the South China Sea is getting Beijing’s back up. It’s part of a bigger shift in regional security. Choppy waters. When thousands of troops from the

The Bank of Japan cautioned that a potential unwinding of positions by hedge funds globally may spread to Japan’s bond market.

In a break from post-war pacifism, Japan has scrapped its ban on arms exports to make way for overseas sales of fighter aircraft, missiles, and warships. Facing an increasingly assertive China and an unreliable United States,