Japan to scrap sacrosanct cap on defense spending

Japan to scrap sacrosanct cap on defense spending
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Following Japan's surrender in World War II and its occupation, headed by the "blue-eyed shogun: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, it adopted a "Peace Constitution" and has strictly limited defense spending since to less than 1 percent of its GDP.
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