pacifist

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TOKYO—Japan eased longstanding restrictions on arms exports, another small step away from its pacifist past that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will strengthen Tokyo’s ties with the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

She has also been actively courting Trump, agreeing to raise the defence budget, a contentious move under Japan's pacifist constitution.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Germany dropped a long-standing pacifist tradition and started ramping up spending to overhaul its long underfunded armed forces.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Germany dropped a long-standing pacifist tradition shaped by its dark World War II past and started ramping up spending to overhaul the armed forces.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

On one trip back to Boston, he asked Tom White to give him ten thousand dollars in cash, which he planned to smuggle into Haiti and turn over to the underground pacifist resistance.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French