Charlie Rose - 150 YEARS OF US-JAPAN RELATIONS

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2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, we never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.

I believe this is the heart of Japanese Constitution. It shall not be amended in any case. We have the responsibility to preserve peace, we owed this commitment to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[kurohune07]

Concerning of Japan's national defence one key factor was not made very clear in this video. *THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN ChapterII:Renunciation of War, Artical 9: Aspireing sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the treat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.