Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles.
The contentious decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure Japan’s role in the joint fighter jet project and part of a move to build up the Japanese arms industry and bolster its role in global security.
The Cabinet also endorsed a revision to Japan’s arms equipment and technology transfer guidelines to allow coproduced lethal weapons to be sold to countries other than the partners.
It’s a bit strange that a pacifist country has fighter jets to sell.
I mean they still need a functioning army for self-defense.
Fun fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Force_Base_Djibouti
When no one attacks you because it would upset daddy USA and you excel at technological innovation, you have a lot of free time to invent and build things like helicarriers and stealth fighters.
And Gundams, we all hope
Well they do have the gundam factory
If you want peace, prepare for war.