Tokyo last month unveiled its biggest overhaul ​of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions ‌on overseas ‌arms ...

Japan’s historic relaxation of its defense export restrictions opens the door for its defense industry to expand globally.

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons ...

Photo: VCG Nearly 60 percent of respondents in a Kyodo News opinion poll opposed the Japanese government's decision to lift ...

Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners.

Japan's Defense Ministry has begun studying the possible export of the Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles after the Philippines ...

The decrease in exports was a reversal of the 0.5% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters Exports to the U.S. declined by 11.4% year over year, deepening from the 11% fall in May. Exports of ...

Can Japan be a major player in the international defense sector, like its neighbor South Korea?

The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.

Japan has overhauled its decades-long defence export rule, allowing the country to sell lethal weapons internationally amid ...

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Japan's defence ministry is considering exports of surface-to-ship missiles to the Philippines, ...

TOKYO, May 15 (Reuters) - Japan's defence ministry has begun considering the export of Type 88 surface-to-ship missiles to ...