A bill that has caused so much protest and demonstration all across Japan in recent weeks
has now passed the Japanese Parliament.
The so-called “defense and security bills” eliminate constraints placed
on the use of the Japanese military imposed by the Japanese
Constitution, signaling Japan’s biggest foreign policy shift since the
post-war military was created.
A main component of the new laws is an end to the ban on the “right of
collective self-defense,” defending another country, particularly the
United States, if it were to come under attack, or in instances where
Japan faces a “threat to its survival,” i.e. where Japan must “defend
its national interests.”
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