More generals, less pacific: Japans new defence policy

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 11:20 a.m.

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A strategy approved today peels back some of the country\\u2019s constitutional pacifism; in large part that is because of its tense relationship with a hawkish China. Despite some promising reforms, violence against women remains rampant in India. And our obituaries editor looks back on the life of Britain\\u2019s last surviving Dambuster.

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