This “pacifist” nation is now the biggest foreign buyer of American F-35 fighter jets

Japan, which defines itself in its constitution as a "pacifist" nation, will soon be deploying an aircraft carrier and adding dozens more stealth fighter jets to its fleet, all in the name of self-defense. Prime minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved the country's five-year defense plan today (Dec. 18), in a shake-up that's widely seen to…