Pros And Cons Of Pacifist Constitution

The end of the Second World War with the surrender of Japan marks the defeat of its short-lived imperial expansionist policy, and symbolize the establishment of the new constitution called” pacifist”, with the unnecessary help of the United States. The article 9, one of the most important articles under the framework of this new constitution, prohibited the use of the military forces as a mean of the settling the international disputes and the maintenance of war potential. However, this post-war pride pacifist constitution which has not been revised since it promulgation in 1946 has been recently harmed by the Japan Prime Minister and his ruling party whose plan was to shift it away. (Yaodong , L, 2014). Mr. Abe and his party is preparing
However, Japan’ ability to cooperate with allies, particularly the U.S, has been largely restricted by some legal factors. The most obvious one, which represent as an obstacle in Mr. Abe’s way and U.S- Japan collaboration , is Article 9 of Japan’ s constitution , which restricted Japan of exercising the collective self-defense or using of forces to defend allies that are under attacks. The realistic example of this is that Japan legally is not allowed to shoot down the missiles that directed at the U.S, and aid the allies’ ships that come under enemy attacks. The Japan’s inability, as Mr. Abe and his government believed, to deploy its troops to support the allies has very serious and negative consequences for the U.S for U.S Japan’s relations. They afraid that if Japan does not show its aims to fight with the U.S, the Washington, will eventually abandon its attempts to protect the disputed Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands against China as one of Abe’s advisor pointed out that “the united states does not want to fight for Senkaku. If Japan, when push comes to shove, does not prepare to work together with the U.S, then the U.S will say goodbye to its participation in the defense of our