article_snippet: example of how Japan is expanding the capability of Japan military .
article_snippet: to operate overseas  as Prime Minister Shinzo .
article_snippet: designated as a helicopter destroyer - a label that allows Japan .
article_snippet: peace keeping operations, international disaster relief and .
article_snippet: Japan is also adding longer-range patrol aircraft and .
article_snippet: military cargo planes to Japan defence capability, and buying .
article_snippet: However, Japan classes it as a helicopter destroyer, a label that allows it to keep within the bounds of a constitutional ban on owning the means to wage war .