Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of enabling Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense, Kyodo News reported.
The move, which reversed his previous opinions, came after General Toshio Tamogami, the Air Self-Defense Force chief of staff, was sacked Friday over his controversial essay, which asserted that Japan should be allowed to exercise the right to collective self-defense and possess "offensive weaponry," and denied Japan's aggression against other Asian countries during World War II.
After taking office in September, Aso advocated changing the government's interpretation of the pacifist Constitution to allow its forces to exercise the right to collective self-defense, saying "...basically the interpretation (of the Constitution) should be changed" and "the matter of the right to collective self-defense is important."
Source:Xinhua
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