Abe calls for "historic step" toward constitutional reform

Abe calls for "historic step" toward constitutional reform

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaks at a gathering of a cross-party league of lawmakers in favor of constitutional reform in Tokyo on May 1, 2017, alongside former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. Abe said this year is the right time to "take a historic step" in reforming Japan's post-World War II pacifist Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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