In all, Welch has about 300 weapons going on the auction block on Sunday, Aug. 18.

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, not visible, on Aug. 18 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet approved this week a significant increase to its military spending and an end to its ban on exporting lethal weapons.

Service to their country was a double-edged sword for Japanese American regiment. For soldiers in the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the choice came down to barbed wire or combat.

Under the arrangement, Japan is responsible for developing a part at the interceptor's tip that separates in space to destroy the incoming warhead, as well as its rocket motors, officials said.