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China-Japan-Koreas
Two-thirds of Japanese back constitutional revision: poll
2006-03-06
TOKYO - Nearly two-thirds of Japanese back revising the countryÂ’s pacifist constitution - which would include creating an official role for the armed forces - according to a newspaper poll released on Sunday. The Mainichi newspaper said 65 percent of respondents agreed that the constitution should be changed, with 27 percent opposed.

The poll also showed that 80 percent of respondents felt the constitution has been useful for preserving peace and improving peopleÂ’s lives in postwar Japan, the paper said.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has long campaigned to completely replace the pacifist constitution, which was drafted by US military occupiers after World War II. The party has been seeking to pass a bill by June to authorize a national referendum to amend the constitution.

The partyÂ’s proposed amendments, unveiled last November, would create an official role for the Japanese armed forces and allow them to be deployed abroad.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Kimmie should keep an eye out for the kamakazie raids.
Posted by: Grerens Javiling1282   2006-03-06 22:03  

#3  Party time at the Yakasuni Shrine!

Banzai!
Banzai!
Banzai!
Posted by: borgboy   2006-03-06 14:04  

#2  Nice to see China's pigeons coming home to roost.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-03-06 12:01  

#1  More Norkie-specific war rhetoric ags Japan ergo more PLAAF buzzin' Japanese airspace. Ditto for PLAN and Japanese seaspace.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-03-06 00:13  

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