Japan, which has been formally committed to peace since the end of World War II, may change its peaceful stance as tensions in the pacific region escalate following recent military action by Russia and China.

Japan has long been a model country, preferring economic growth to national security, receiving praise from around the world for choosing not to have military status since the end of World War II, when it was became the second country for economic power in the world from 1968 to 2010 when China overtook the island country, reports Telegrafi.

But the Japanese model of governance is in jeopardy following escalating tensions with China and Russia across the pacific region, tensions that are pushing official Tokyo to change its peaceful stance on developing counter-offensive capabilities, something the country's constitution prohibits. strictly.

"Honestly aspiring to international peace based on law and justice, the Japanese people permanently renounce war and the threat of the use or even use of force as a sovereign right to resolve international disputes," reads Article 9 of the Constitution. Japanese.

"In order to achieve the goal in the previous paragraph, the land, naval and air forces, as well as other potential means of war will not be used.

"The right of the country to war will never be used," the article reads.

/ Telegraphy /