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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Japan, Germany sign military supply-sharing pact. (english.kyodonews.net)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't this violate the Japanese constitution or did they just decide to ignore it?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Japan has reinterpreted Article 9 to allow them to have “self defense” forces beyond reasonable interpretation of the actual text.