Hasebe: Article 9 rests on the 1928 pact that outlawed war as a duel
The constitutional scholar says most textbooks misread the war-renouncing clause, and that the constraint it imposes leaves Japan stronger, not weaker.
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Japan's Constitution Preamble Was Written by an American. Can "the Japanese People" Still Inherit His Vision?
A constitutional scholar at Iwate University says Alfred Rodman Hussey's idea of peace as a human right is embedded in the preamble — and asks whether the country can carry it forward.
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