TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to accelerate plans to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution, saying he expects to submit a proposed revision to lawmakers before the end of the year, media reported on Sunday (June 25) ..
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to accelerate plans to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution, saying he expects to submit a proposed revision to lawmakers before the end of the year, media reported on Sunday (June 25) .
Abe said in a speech in Kobe city on Saturday he planned to submit a proposal for the first ever amendment of Japan’s post-World War II constitution during an extraordinary session of parliament that will be convened later this year, Japan’s main daily newspapers reported.
Abe has proposed amending the Constitution’s war-renouncing Article 9 by 2020 to officially recognize Japan’s Self-Defence Forces as its military.
