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Abe has neither the way out nor awareness of the present impasse: JCP Shii Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on September 29 in the Diet building commented on Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's general policy speech as follows: Today the Liberal Democratic Party's policies are bogged down, but Prime Minister Abe showed in his address that he has neither the way out nor even an awareness of the impasse. In foreign relations, he is faced with the historical issue. Despite this, he did not mention prime ministerial visits to Yasukuni Shrine or his own understanding of history. How is he going to deal with the increasing income gap that has become a major domestic issue? What he said was only "challenge again" that sounds so vague. The only clearly spelled out item was the dangerous policy of turning Japan into a nation to fight wars abroad through the revision of the Constitution, the revision of the Fundamental Law of Education, and enabling Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense. Concerning the right of collective self-defense, successive governments have maintained that the exercise of the right of collective self-defense in any form is forbidden under the Constitution since it involves the use of force abroad while Japan is not under military attack. Mr. Abe stated he will study specific cases of the exercise of the right of collective self-defense. In other words, he declared that under the Constitution something still can be done as part of the right of collective self-defense, and that he will make clear what they are. What's more, he made this statement within the context that "the Japan-U.S. alliance functions more effectively." Therefore, he made clear that the aim of studying the right of collective self-defense is to fight wars abroad with the U.S. This is indeed very serious. - Akahata, September 30, 2006 |
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