<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKifungu cha 9 kilikataa haki ya Japani ya kudumisha vikosi vya silaha, ingawa maneno hayo ya mwisho baadaye yalichukuliwa kuruhusu kuundwa kwa kikosi cha kujilinda.  <response>: Article 9 renounced Japans right to maintain armed forces, although the ambiguous wording was later taken to permit the creati on of a self-defense force. 