Japanese arms-export ban

The easing of arms restriction happened during Shinzo Abe's second term as prime minister.

The Japanese arms-export ban, known as the Three Arms Exports Ban,[1] was a de facto law that governed Japanese export of military hardware outside of the country.[2] The export ban was eased on 1 April 2014 by Shinzo Abe during his second term as prime minister.[3]

The basis of the ban was the Three Principles on Arms Exports (Japanese: 武器輸出三原則, romanized: Buki-yushutsu-sangensoku) adopted by the National Diet of Japan in 1967 dealing with situations in which arms could not be exported from Japan.[4] The three principles were that arms exports were not allowed to go to:[4]

  1. Communist bloc countries
  2. Countries under arms-exports embargo under United Nations Security Council resolutions
  3. Countries involved in or likely to be involved in international conflicts
  1. ^ 数研出版編集部 『新課程 4ステージ演習ノート 現代社会 解答編』 数研出版、2012年、18頁。ISBN 978-4-410-30103-2
  2. ^ 武器輸出三原則－その現況と見直し論議－ (PDF). 調査と情報-Issue Brief- (in Japanese) (726). National Diet Library. November 1, 2011.
  3. ^ https://thediplomat.com/2015/10/the-truth-about-japans-defense-exports/
  4. ^ a b "Japan's Policies on the Control of Arms Exports". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 2014.