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Dozens Protest in Tokyo Against Japan's Eased Arms Export Restrictions

Dozens of protesters gathered in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Friday to oppose the Japanese government's decision to ease decades-old arms export curbs, announced earlier this week by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government. Holding placards reading "Stop exporting lethal weapons!" and "No war", protesters chanted that the government must not decide on its own. Tokyo resident Ryozo Sawada expressed feeling an "unbearable sense of humiliation" about the policy shift, which critics argue erodes Japan's post-war pacifist tradition.