Abstract The Government of Japan, under Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, has executed a decisive acceleration in the review and operational easing of the Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology, representing the most substantive liberalization of post-World War II arms export policy. This shift builds directly upon the foundational 1 April 2014 Cabinet … Leggi tutto Japan’s Defense Export Paradigm Shift: Systemic Geopolitical Realignments, Prospective Market Disruptions and Five-Year Evolutionary Trajectories in the Global Arms Trade as of April 2026