Why Japan is debating its military future - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service (opens in new tab)

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she wants a vote on amending Japan's constitution, reviving a debate that could reshape the country's Self-Defense Forces, its alliance with the US, and relations within Asia\. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 Japan's post-war constitution has remained unchanged since it came into force in 1947\. Its famous ‘Article 9' renounces war and appears to prohibit the country from maintaining armed forces\. Yet Japan today has one of the world's m...