TOKYO -- The U.K.'s deputy prime minister has welcomed Japan's decision to ease its defense export regulations, facilitating sales of next-generation fighter aircraft co-developed with the U.K. and Italy to third-party countries.
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U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden poses for a portrait on March 21 at the Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)
TOKYO -- The U.K.'s deputy prime minister has welcomed Japan's decision to ease its defense export regulations, facilitating sales of next-generation fighter aircraft co-developed with the U.K. and Italy to third-party countries.