2026.09.06 16:53 GMT+8

Japanese expert exposes and condemns Japan's push for military expansion

Updated 2026.09.06 16:53 GMT+8
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Japan is being steered away from its post-war pacifist identity and toward a military transformation, warns Atsushi Koketsu, Professor Emeritus at Yamaguchi University. The right-wing revisionists' first step is to "restore the Emperor from a symbolic presence" to a more substantive political role, he argues. Then, they want to turn the Self-Defense Forces into a national army. Atsushi Koketsu is calling for an immediate halt to the dangerous drift.#GoodPoint

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