Japan's leader wants to revise pacifist constitution, U.S. supports!

Shinzo Abe, almost certainly Japan's next Prime Minister following the recent election, said he wanted to amend Article 9 in Japan's pacifist constitution. He wants a collective self-defense and the establishment of armed forces.

A constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority in both houses of the parliament, followed by a simple majority in a referendum. Abe may find it hard to change, especially since his party's principal ally, New Komeito, is against such alterations. Source