Sanae Takaichi’s push to change Japan’s pacifist constitution – podcast

Justin McCurry on the political rise of the Japanese prime minister and her plan to amend rules constraining the country’s military Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, plans to amend the constitution for the first time since it went into effect in 1947. Takaichi argues that article nine imposes unfair restrictions on Japan’s ability to defend itself. “It’s no secret that she is not an admirer of article nine of the constitution, which is this key clause of the Japanese constitution,” the ...

By Presented by Helen Pidd with Justin McCurry; produced by Joe Pinner, Guy Szafman and Ross Burns; executive producer Homa Khaleeli