Japan Aims To Kick-start Arms Exports By Further Relaxing Policies

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Japan would be able to export fighters like the F-2 if rules are loosened.
Credit: Ken Ishii/Getty Images
SINGAPORE—Tokyo reportedly is planning to further relax its strict arms export regulations, enabling it to sell fighter aircraft, missiles and other weapons to a dozen selected countries. According to Tokyo-based financial newspaper Nikkei, exports could commence as early as March 2023—before the...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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