Новий гравець на ринку зброї | Що саме Японія збирається продавати світу?!

80 years of pacifism behind us. In April 2026, Japan made a historic decision to lift the ban on the export of lethal weapons. In this issue of Military Reports, we take a detailed look at Japan’s new national security strategy, the depletion of American arsenals, and China’s reaction. And most importantly, we explain how this geopolitical transformation is already helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine and whether Ukraine should count on direct supplies of Japanese lethal weapons. The material was prepared jointly with the International Analytical and Information Community Resurgam. 00:00 — Historic decision: Japan begins exporting lethal weapons 00:44 — 1945-2014: why did the country limit the supply of weapons? 01:57 — The turning point and the new security strategy for 2022 03:28 — The $306 billion budget: what the Japanese army is buying and developing 04:16 — The first export precedents and workarounds 05:10 — New defense alliances: the Philippines, Australia and India 08:05 — GCAP: developing a fighter of the future with Britain and Italy 08:59 — Why can the US no longer defend the region on its own? 10:22 — China's reaction to the "neomilitarism" of its neighbors 11:10 — Will Ukraine receive Japanese weapons: direct and hidden channels 13:36 — Results: Japan's new role in the geopolitical arena