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Jun 02, 2026
【#1374】Can Japan Protect Its People While Shelving Nuclear Discussions?
Kiyofumi Iwata On May 25, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on Security approved a draft proposal for updating the Japanese government’s three security-related documents late this year. The proposal emphasizes responses to new ways of fighting using drones and artificial intelligence, and war-sustaining .... <Read more>
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May 28, 2026
【#1373】Don’t Run away from Amending Article 9 of Constitution
Tsutomu Nishioka Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s convention in April said “the time has come” for amending the constitution. “I would like the way to be paved by next year’s LDP convention for initiating constitutional amendments for a national referendum.” Many of the voters who gave the LDP a .... <Read more>

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【#1372】Takaichi’s Mission Is to Have National Military Forces
Katsuhiko Takaike Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office while vowing to inherit and develop former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political vision, has a historic mission. It is to make Japan an ordinary nation with national military forces by amending Article 9 of the constitution that critic Tsuneari Fukuda described as “having been

【#1371】Times Require Japan to Delete Paragraph 2 of Constitutional Article 9
Kiyofumi Iwata Since the Shinzo Abe administration, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s constitutional amendment debate has focused on the explicit provision of the Self-Defense Forces in the Japanese constitution. I recognize the significance of providing the SDF explicitly in the constitution to secure the legal stability of the SDF that