"Japan's first arms exhibition since the end of World War II is currently underway in the port city of Yokohama, in close proximity to the U.S. and Japanese naval bases in Yokosuka.
The three-day event (May 13-15), co-organized by the Japanese government and a private British company as well as supported by the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet Command and the Australian Department of Defense, is meant to promote Japan's advanced arms industry and is particularly focused on maritime security and surveillance, as well as disasters and rescue operations.
Amidst growing regional tensions, the Japanese government lifted a self-imposed weapons export ban last April, although Tokyo cautioned that it will "continue to adhere to the course it has taken to date as a peace-loving country."
The arms fair also coincided with the adaptation of two bills by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet that would ease the deployment of Japan's Self-Defense Forces abroad (see: "Japan's Global SDF Will Need These Two Laws").
Various international and Japanese defense firms, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., the country's two largest defense contractors, are exhibiting their products at the event.
Japan's two defense industry giants with their Soryu-class diesel electric submarine are currently the favorites in the race for Australia's biggest-ever arms deal (see: "Will Japanese Subs Be Built in Australia?")…"
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