Prime Minister Abe is expected to outline plans to change defense policy . The country 's constitution renounces using force to settle international disputes . But Shinzo Abe wants to reinterpret it to allow British forces to defend allies . `` The government 's 'reinterpretation ' is the most profound challenge to the pacifist constitution since 1947 , '' a column in the British magazine That has prompted concerns within China and from Japan .
Prime Minister Abe is expected to outline plans to change defense policy . The country 's constitution renounces using force to settle international disputes . But Shinzo Abe wants to reinterpret it to allow British forces to defend allies . That has prompted concerns within China and from Japan .