Tag: PM of Japan

Japan's ruling party, led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and its alliance partner, scored a significant victory in a recent election. At a press conference on Monday, Kishida said that he wants a smooth parliamentary debate in the short moment over four constitutional amendments suggested by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), including writing the amendment for Self-Defence Forces into article 9 of the Constitution. Many experts think the barriers for Tokyo to change its Constitution have been cleared, and the likelihood of constitutional changes is more than ever before. The current Constitution of Japan was implemented in 1947, and its ninth article clearly stated that "land, sea, and air forces, and another war potential, will never be formed" and "the right of the belligerence o