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Article 9 of Japan's constitution renounces the right to wage war and forbids the maintenance of a military. Successive governments have interpreted this as allowing a military solely for self-defence, but banning those forces from aiding an ally.
This about to change, in an astounding use of semantics (spin) Japan, with US prompting, Is about to abandon the 'self defence only' condition imposed after World War 2
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made rewriting Japan's post-World War Two pacifist constitution a key goal.
"Should the United States suffer damage from a ballistic missile, it would seriously influence the defence of our own nation," Abe was quoted as saying.
Japan should be prepared to shoot down ballistic missiles bound for the United States, say 'government advisers'
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-06-29T163613Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-282399-1.xml&archived=False
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/29/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-US-Missile-Defense.php
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