Japan flexing its military muscle

Japan is building its military muscle to play a bigger role in Asia and the rest of the world, and it is making its military might more visible.

Japan changed its defense policy last December to allow Japanese companies to export weapons and collaborate with countries other than its main ally, the US.

During British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to Tokyo last week, it inked a deal with Britain on jointly developing and building defense equipment. It was Japan's first weapons-building covenant with a country other than the United States since the World War II.