{"id":31931,"date":"2013-05-07T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/japans-constitutional-changes-could-echo-through-asia\/31931\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T02:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T01:24:00","slug":"japans-constitutional-changes-could-echo-through-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/japans-constitutional-changes-could-echo-through-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s constitutional changes could echo through Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japan\u2019s constitutional changes could echo through Asia
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From: Constitution Daily<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Possible changes to Japan\u2019s constitution may restrict some rights and expand its military, having implications regionally and even in America. They also raise a basic question: Should it be easy to change a constitution?<\/strong>
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Emperor Hirohito signing the current constitution.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Japan celebrated its Constitution Day on Friday as controversy loomed over changes being led by Japan\u2019s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and his Liberal Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

Japan marked the 66th anniversary of a constitution drawn up after World War II. It was written by American officials who were concerned with the possible return of Japan as a military power.<\/p>\n

One constant discussion in Japan has been changes to Article 9, which limits the country\u2019s military to a self-defense force. In recent years, the interpretation of Article 9 has been stretched to allow Japan to expand its forces.<\/p>\n

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Read the full article at: constitutioncenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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