Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Japan Public Split on Idea to Cite Military in Constitution

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Poll results released Monday show that about half of Japan's population supports a constitutional revision that would clarify the legality of the country's military, a new approach Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is proposing as his party struggles to gain public support for a change. Abe proposed recently that Japan in some way indicate the existence of the Self-defense Forces, which is not spelled out in Article 9 of the constitution. The article renounces war and the use of...

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