pacifist
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Since coming to power in October 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has taken major steps away from the country's post-war pacifist stance, lifting long-standing restrictions on arms exports and expanding Japan's military role abroad.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Sending its Self-Defense Forces abroad is politically sensitive in officially pacifist Japan, as many voters support the US-imposed, war-renouncing 1947 constitution.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 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
A small country, forced to live by its wits, its foreign policy contained a strong pacifist element.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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