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Japan sees largest protest in support of pacifist constitution as PM Takaichi pushes revisions

  • May 4, 2026

Japan sees largest protest in support of pacifist constitution as PM Takaichi pushes revisions

by Ganeshadream

7 comments

  1. good. i say keep the pacifist constitution. the way they behaved last time they had a military is sickening.

  2. One of the more disturbing aspects of the protests is that the mainstream news media in Japan is largely ignoring them, they aren’t being covered.

  4. Japanese people are so polite that her protest sign starts with the words “Ah! sorry!”

     I can’t read the rest though. 

  5. Didn’t I just see an article this morning with majority support FOR constitutional revision???

    Fuck this country’s media, seriously fuck off please.

  6. And the cover of the article is a pink hair and eyebrow woman.. lmao

  7. These people should seriously study on how geopolitics work and the currently severe geopolitical climate Japan is in right now. China is rapidly militarizing, harassing and being aggressive towards neighbors like Taiwan, the Philippines, and of course Japan. It’s even [massively increasing its nuclear weapons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcoa29k-oNc). Couple that with the instability and unreliability of the US, on which Japan depends its security on.

    The balance of power is shifting towards China, and Japan needs to even out the scales once again for peace to be maintained. At the very core, wars happen when one side assesses it is stronger than the other side (that’s why Russia invaded Ukraine, but they overestimated their own capabilities and under estimated Ukraine’s). That’s why it is essential and practical for Japan to balance out the scales of power again with a stronger military and building alliances with other like-minded nations (both of which the gov’t is doing right now) for proper deterrence.

    It’s not aggression, it’s preparation. **And being prepared is always smart.** As the latin proverb states, *si vis pacem, para bellum*

    Even as Japan advocates for peace, there will always be other countries like China, Russia and now the US that won’t follow international rule of law and order. Holding peace signs and offering origami cranes won’t stop these nations’ aggressions. You need proper deterrence, capabilities, and alliances with other like minded nations for that. **Otherwise, good luck telling these countries to give up their territorial ambitions, their militaries and nuclear weapons.**

    They should instead protest in front of China, Russia and US embassies, as they are the ones disrupting the global peace and order.

    If these people want Japan to be independent of US influence and international policies, they need to understand that Japan needs a credible and self-reliant military enough to provide deterrence and defend the country without US help.

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