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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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Ex-defense elite raps gov't framework for national security

Ex-defense elite raps gov't framework for national security

Kyoji Yanagisawa, a former senior Defense Ministry official, speaks at a symposium in Tokyo on April 3, 2015, at which he argued that the framework for national security legislation agreed to by the ruling coalition's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party would endanger the lives of Self-Defense Forces members on duty abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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