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Following its World War II defeat in 1945, Japan has maintained a pacifist stance, with its army restricted to defensive operations.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Japan must "strengthen its defence capabilities", Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told the BBC, emphasising the need to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined the country since World War Two.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Today’s pacifist arguments have some echoes of the debate that followed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 1979 decision to match a Soviet military buildup in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

Japan's pacifist constitution that followed had been drafted "with the resolve that we must never again wage war or kill people", she said.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

I didn’t want to tell you this, Dad, but since we’re baring our souls to each other, I feel I ought to tell you he’s also a pacifist.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Criticized by Yankee pacifists for resorting to violence, Clay replied, “how then can you ask me to go unarmed and yet manfully vindicate those doctrines which every where have been denounced with death?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

And such a recognition wasn’t confined to pacifists but extended to policymakers.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025

The Amish are pacifists, he hastened to add.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

"These people are not pacifists; they have intentionally or otherwise become pawns of the aggressor," Wang wrote.

From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2023

Sitting in the audience, surrounded by pacifists and draft resisters, was Daniel Ellsberg.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin