New UK defence secretary "welcomes" Japan's self defence reform
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Japan has changed its constitution. Or, rather, has "reinterpreted" it.
Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet announced recently that it approved the constitutional reinterpretation to allow Japan a "limited" right to collective self defence. The decision was taken to overturn a 67-year ban on allowing the Japanese Self-Defence Force to assist close allies should they come under attack following heightened tensions in the region.
In one of his first run-outs in his new role as the UK’s defence...
