Tokyo, April 21 (IANS) The Japanese government officially revised “the three principles on transfer of defence equipment and technology” and their implementation guidelines on Tuesday to allow overseas sales of weapons, including those with lethal capabilities, despite waves of large-scale protests, local media reported. The revisions scrap rules that limit Japan’s defence equipment exports to five non-combat categories, namely rescue, transport, warning, surveillance, and minesweeping.Instead, …
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Tokyo, Jan 10 (IANS) The city assemblies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have adopted statements urging the Japanese government to adhere to the country’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles, Kyodo News reported.The Hiroshima City Assembly unanimously adopted its statement on Friday, pointing out that the ruling party’s attempt to revise the non-nuclear principles has caused concern, and strongly urging the Japanese government to take the feelings of people in the atomic-bombed cities seriously and to uphold…
Tokyo, Dec 28 (IANS) The Japanese government has recently approved a draft budget for fiscal 2026, with defence spending set at about 9.04 trillion yen (about 58 billion US dollars), marking a new record high and sparking public concern.An editorial published on Saturday (local time) by Japan’s Shimbun Akahata noted that the country’s defence budget stood at 5.4 trillion yen in fiscal 2022 and has surged by 3.6 trillion yen in just four years, reports Xinhua news agency.The newspaper said the la…