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Strong public backlash has been triggered in Japan following its government's moves to export weapons and revise the constitution. One resident said, "The government wants to profit from weapons, and this approach is deeply disgraceful." This follows Japan's cabinet recently revising its defense export rules and lifting the ban on the foreign sale of lethal weapons in principle. This move was combined with the Takaichi administration's aggressive push for constitutional revision.

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