#46 - Article 9

The Constitution of Japan was brought into effect two years after the end of World War II. The most well-known and controversial part of the Japanese constitution is Article 9, forbidding Japan from keeping a standing army or entering into war. Here is how Japan has broken its own laws repeatedly since 1952. Today's guest is Jonah Gregory! You can find him on Twitter @aREALjonah, and all of his wonderful content can be found on his bio. You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism, 2006, by Paul Midford of the Washington East-West Centre Major-Power Relations in Post 9/11 Asia, by Chin Kin Wah, 2003, in the Japan Center for International Exchange The Comfort Zone: Japan's Media Marketing of 9/11, 2005, by Yoneyuki Sugita of Osaka University 10 Years Ago, Japan went to Iraq… and Learned Nothing, Medium End of an Era as Japan enters Iraq, Guardian SDF logs cast doubt over legality of Japan's Iraq mission, Nikkei The Erosion of Japanese Pacifism: The Constitutionality of the U.S.-Japan Defense Guidelines", Cornell International Law Journal 32 (1999), Robert A. Fisher 2015 change to JSDF deployment, Reuters