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Japan ramping up defence is 'critical' to prevent war, Defence Minister Koizumi tells BBC

World | 2026-06-17 at 22:36 UTC | Source: www.bbc.com
Japan needs to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined it since World War Two, Shinjiro Koizumi says.
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