pacifist
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was heckled at a World War II memorial event by protesters angry about Tokyo's further shift away from its decades-long pacifist stance, television footage showed.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Following its World War II defeat in 1945, Japan has maintained a pacifist stance, with its army restricted to defensive operations.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
More recently the late Shinzo Abe, Kishi's grandson, became an advocate of amending the so-called pacifist clause during his time in office.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
This view is strong in the pacifist wing of the SPD, junior partner in Merz’s ruling coalition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
In April 1921 his wife, a well-known pacifist and suffragette named Jessie Hardy Stubbs, flung herself off a bridge over the East River in New York and drowned.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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