Sentences with phrase «pacifist constitution»

Japan's Abe secures supermajority Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe won a landslide victory in last weekend's general election, opening the way for a push to amend the country's pacifist constitution.

Japan has a pacifist constitution, however, and is governed by what Katagiri called a «defensive defense doctrine.»

Abe has made reviving the economy his top priority, a big shift from his first term when his main agenda was to loosen the limits of Japan's pacifist constitution on the military and restore national pride and patriotism.