# Lethal Weapon Exports

Takaichi’s Pivot: Japan’s New Militarism and the Dismantling of Pacifist Taboos

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is leading a systemic shift in Japanese policy, authorizing lethal weapon exports and centralizing intelligence capabilities. These moves, combined with ritual tributes to the Yasukuni Shrine, signal a determined push to abandon post-war pacifism and revise the nation's constitution.