Abe: Article 9 plan won’t allow unrestricted SDF action overseas
2018-02-01 09:45:07 source：Asahi Shimbun
January 31, 2018
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed military restraint in defending his proposal to revise pacifist Article 9 of the Constitution against criticism from opposition parties and within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Countering concerns that his suggested amendment would increase the chances of Japan entering a war overseas, Abe emphasized that his proposal would not allow for unrestricted exercise of the right to collective self-defense.
The prime minister was asked on Jan. 30 in the Lower House Budget Committee about his proposal, first raised in May 2017 to add wording to Article 9 that clearly defines the existence of the Self-Defense Forces but to leave unchanged the two current paragraphs.
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