War-Renouncing Constitution Amending Separates Japanese Nation

SputnikNews.com
30.04.2017

The Japanese nationals are divided over revising the article in the country’s constitution prohibiting Tokyo from military activities, a survey showed Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the mail-in survey conducted by the Kyodo news agency ahead of the 70th anniversary of Japan’s constitution, 49 percent of respondents backed the revision, while 47 percent said that there was no need in amendments.

The poll added that 75 percent of respondents said that the war-renouncing article had contributed to the country’s pacifist stance preventing the nation from engagement in the military conflicts after the end of World War II.

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