Japanese troops make history by joining military drills in Philippines (www.japantimes.co.jp)
from RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 10 Apr 18:10
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LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml on 11 Apr 04:20 collapse

Make History is a funny way to put it. Totally unconstitutional as per article 9 but hey, Japanese First Party amirite

hubobes@piefed.europe.pub on 11 Apr 04:55 next collapse

In July 2014, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (coalition government of the Liberal Democratic and Komeito Party) approved a reinterpretation of Article 9. This reinterpretation allows Japan to exercise the right of “collective self-defense” in some instances and to engage in military action if one of its allies were to be attacked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_9_of_the_Constitution_of_Japan

Seems like Shinzo Abe made this constitutional.

k0e3@lemmy.ca on 11 Apr 09:35 collapse

I don’t think the sanseito has control of our sdf.