Japan Conservatives push for military revival, reduced human rights

[Mr Khan]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/05/02/uk-japan-politics-constitution-idUKBRE94101E20130502?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

 

Kind of scary if you think about it. Part of me still isn't understanding why exactly Abe and the LDP won so big to get themselves in the position where they may be able to pass some or all of this stuff if they can press their gains in July Upper House elections.

In short, they want to potentially remove the importance in the constitution placed upon guaranteed freedoms that were installed in 1947, and replace it with "duties" upon the citizens, and empower the (recreated) military to uphold social order.

Really makes a nasty callback to the worse aspects of the Meiji Constitution.