Shinzo Abe Takes Aim at Article 9

Shinzo Abe Takes Aim at Article 9

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday that he will seek to change the government’s long-standing interpretation of the Constitution to lift the ban on Japan exercising the right to collective self-defense. If he succeeds, this means that Japan will be able to take military action overseas when a country with close ties to it is attacked -- even if Japan is not under attack.

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