PoliticsHow Japan is hollowing out its pacifist constitution

Japan’s Article 9 renounces war and prohibits maintaining military forces, but the article argues that rising defense spending, increased arms imports, eased export restrictions and long-range missile deployments have eroded its pacifist principles. With formal amendment difficult, right-wing forces have expanded the permitted scope of military action through reinterpretations and new laws.

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