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"You guys actually do have an army, so what's this pacifist thing?" asks Sebastian Mallaby as Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae faces massive anti-war protests after doubling defense spending from 1 percent to 2 percent of GDP for the first time since the 1970s.
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"You guys actually do have an army, so what's this pacifist thing?" asks Sebastian Mallaby as Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae faces massive anti-war protests after doubling defense spending from 1 percent to 2 percent of GDP for the first time since the 1970s.
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