Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decisive victory in Sunday's election pushes the nation one step closer to changing the pacifist clause in its constitution for the first time since World War II, threatening relations with Asian neighbours, particularly China and Korea. specifically Japan’s relationships with China and Korea, Japan’s former wartime enemies. The vote was a clear repudiation of Mr Abe, who has vowed to revise Article 9 - which renounces war as an instrument of national policy - if he wins re-election.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decisive victory in Sunday's election pushes the nation one step closer to changing the pacifist clause in its constitution for the first time since World War II, threatening relations with Asian neighbours, particularly China and Korea. The vote was a clear repudiation of Mr Abe, who has vowed to revise Article 9 - which renounces war as an instrument of national policy - if he wins re-election.