Japan has received approval to proceed with exporting lethal weapons, removing final regulatory obstacles. This move is expected to facilitate future sales of advanced military hardware, including next-generation fighter jets and combat drones.

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. <img alt="Japan" src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5000x3729+0+0/resize/5000x3729!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F69%2F86%2F4a14f0dc40d0a6c33a1265c75eb1%2Fap26103384435598.jpg" /><p>The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its...