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Japan does not need to abandon its pacifist identity. It needs to stop hiding behind it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/22/japan/article-9-mantra-not-foreign-policy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #article9 #defense #iran #sdf
Repeating Article 9 like a mantra isn’t a foreign policy

Any serious defense debate becomes, by rhetorical sleight of hand, a warning of imperial revival.

The Japan Times
Mar 22 at 10:34amBuffer