英文摘要 |
At the cabinet council on July 1, 2014, the Abe cabinet approved a reinterpretation of the country’s pacifist postwar constitution that would allow Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense in a limited manner. On the basis of the resolution, the LDP and Komeito held a negotiation meeting, and on March 20, 2015 made a joint document about security-related legislation. It was scheduled for Abe’s government to pass the related bills at the cabinet council in mid-May, and then submitted to Congress for review. The reinterpretation on the exercise of collective self-defense by Abe’s Cabinet gave rise to the significant change in Japan’s defense policy. The study showed that it was Prime Minister Abe that contributed to the reinterpretation of the constitution, while it could not be ignored that the coalition partner Komeito played a critical role. Based on the interpretation of the constitution in 1972 by the government, Komeito claimed that there were “three new conditions for the exercise of force,” which would serve as the premises for the exercise of collective self-defense in a limited manner.” |