Abe administration pushes through collective self-defense law

Japan’s Shinzo Abe administration pushed through the laws related with collective self-defense right that has been on the controversy over its unconstitutionality.

In the absence of the opposition parties, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito, ruling coalition, passed on Thursday the enactment and revision of 11 security-related laws including the revision of collective self-defense law by a majority. The laws say that Japan’s military can make rear operations everywhere in the world to support foreign armies such as the U.S. and the use of armed force based on its subjective judgment such as “being threatened of its national existence.”

Beijing has expressed its strong opposition to Tokyo’s decision. “It is unprecedented in post-war history that Japan’s Lower House passed its “new-security law”, said China’s Foreign Ministry in its statement, warning that “Japan should stop harming China’s sovereignty and security interest, and the peace and security of the region.”

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