Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said it was his 'historic mission' to change the country's pacifist constitution.
Abe made the remarks in a speech in Nagato City Monday, saying it was his duty to amend the constitution which renounces the country's right to declare war.
Abe's right-wing party has been calling for the revision along with changing the country's Self-Defense Forces into a fully fledged national army.
Under the current constitution, Japan can neither use force to settle international disputes and nor carry out preemptive strikes.
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