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Friday, 6 November 2026
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26 Jumada Al-Awwal 1448 AH
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is accelerating its long-held ambition to revise the nation's post-war pacifist constitution, particularly Article 9, to explicitly legitimize its Self-Defense Forces. This push is encountering significant opposition from other political parties and public protests, raising fundamental questions about Japan's national identity and its role on the global stage.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has renewed its urgent call to accelerate discussions on revising the nation's post-World War II pacifist constitution. Specifically, the LDP aims to amend Article 9, which famously renounces war, to explicitly acknowledge and legitimize the country's Self-Defense Forces (SDF). This move, championed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has been met with strong opposition from parties like the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Japanese Communist Party, alongside significant public protests held in Tokyo on the 80th anniversary of the Constitution's promulgation.
The drive to revise Japan's constitution, particularly Article 9, is not a sudden development but a long-standing core ambition of the LDP since its founding. For decades, the party has viewed the post-war constitution as an imposed document, a symbol of national humiliation rather than a testament to pacifism. The current push reflects a confluence of domestic political incentives and a shifting regional security landscape.
At its heart, this is about national sovereignty and the LDP's vision of Japan as a
Source referenced: CGTN
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