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UK: DSEI Arms Fair Sparks Pro-Palestine Protests in London

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside London’s ExCeL Centre for the biennial DSEI arms fair, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and displaying banners. The four-day event features over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, including major Israeli defense firms and the US F-35 manufacturer. Three protesters were arrested, and the fair—heavily policed—is the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.

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UK: DSEI Arms Fair Sparks Pro-Palestine Protests in London 3

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside London’s ExCeL Centre for the biennial DSEI arms fair, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and displaying banners. The four-day event features over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, including major Israeli defense firms and the US F-35 manufacturer. Three protesters were arrested, and the fair—heavily policed—is the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.

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UK: DSEI Arms Fair Sparks Pro-Palestine Protests in London 2

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside London’s ExCeL Centre for the biennial DSEI arms fair, chanting pro-Palestine slogans and displaying banners. The four-day event features over 1,600 exhibitors from more than 90 countries, including major Israeli defense firms and the US F-35 manufacturer. Three protesters were arrested, and the fair—heavily policed—is the first since Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel.

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Japan PM Ishiba at defense equipment show

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech at the DSEI Japan defense equipment show in Chiba, near Tokyo, on May 22, 2025.

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Japan PM Ishiba at defense equipment show

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L, front row) visits an exhibit at the DSEI Japan defense equipment show in Chiba, near Tokyo, on May 22, 2025.

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Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade

STORY: Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): People attending the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network Against Japan Arms Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): KIMIE NAKAMURA, Member of the Chiba City Assembly STORYLINE: Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protestors "No war! No war preparation!" The crowd lay on the ground after the speech, in an attempt to oppose the trade of weapons in a country that boasts of "exclusive defense" using the "body language of death." SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network A

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman protests in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man protests in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-CHIBA-ARMS TRADE-PROTEST

(230316) -- CHIBA, March 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People protest in front of the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. TO GO WITH "Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)