pacifist

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Sending its Self-Defense Forces abroad is politically sensitive in officially pacifist Japan, as many voters support the US-imposed, war-renouncing 1947 constitution.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

She has also been actively courting Trump, agreeing to raise the defence budget, a contentious move under Japan's pacifist constitution.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Another had her torching Japan’s pacifist postwar constitution, releasing a fiery-eyed specter wearing Japan’s wartime rising-sun flag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

As a lifelong pacifist, Senesh was hardly an obvious choice as a freedom fighter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

He talked of the pacifist views he’d held before World War II. He talked of his love of world travel and the environment and college football.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin