Takaichi Sanae, the hawkish new prime minister, hopes to spur a defence industrial renaissance https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/04/23/why-japan-is-loosening-restrictions-on-exports-of-lethal-arms?taid=69ea39d27f2a6a0001b171db&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante
