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  "textContent": "The approval by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet of the new guideline clears a final set of hurdles for many arms sales, including of a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.\n\nThe post Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy appeared first on MS NOW.",
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