Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Japanese want to beef up their military

Japan Propoposes More Assertive Military
By CARL FREIRE
ASSOCIATED PRESS


The pacifist constitution's first alteration since its adoption in 1947 would create an official role for the Japanese armed forces. The language of the revision would then allow those forces to assist military allies and help with armed international peacekeeping, according to outside experts and members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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