The move comes ahead of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s official visit to the US in April.

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    I was not aware their Constitution specifically renounced war.

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      “Article 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.”

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        That’s amazing.

        Reminds me of Wilson’s aspirations for the league of nations 30 years before