This won’t go down well in certain quarters:
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage told a Japanese lawmaker Wednesday that the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution is becoming an obstacle to strengthening the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Armitage indicated Japan must revise the Constitution and play a greater military role for international peace if it wants to become a permanent U.N. Security Council member, Hidenao Nakagawa, chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, told reporters after meeting with Armitage.
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As much as I’m sure that it does indeed scare some even after 60 years has passed since WW2 I’m actually all for Japanese re-arming. With North Korea and China doing who knows what, unfortunately we need a strong military ally in that area in addition to what South Korea may provide.