Abe's push for collective self-defense

Abe's push for collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoji Yanagisawa, who served as assistant chief Cabinet secretary from 2004 to 2009, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. Yanagisawa criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to change Japan's interpretation of the Constitution to allow it to exercise the right to collective self-defense, saying the move goes against democratic principles.

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