(us media: Japan is discussing providing artillery shells to the United States to increase the inventory needed for Ukraine's counter-offensive] the Wall Street Journal reported on 15 June that Japan is talking about providing artillery shells to the United States to increase the reserves needed for Ukraine's counter-offensive. Japan is considering supplying the US with 155mm shells under a 2016 agreement that allows the two countries to share ammunition, according to people familiar with the negotiations. This is a turning point for a country that has long restricted exports of lethal weapons.