Justin McCurry on the political rise of the Japanese prime minister and her plan to amend rules constraining the country’s militaryJapan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, plans to amend the constitution for the first time since it went into effect in 1947. Takaichi argues that article nine imposes unfair restrictions on Japan’s ability to defend itself.“It’s no secret that she is not an admirer of article nine of the constitution, which is this key clause of the Japanese constitution,” the Guardian’s Tokyo correspondent, Justin McCurry, tells Helen Pidd. “It means that Japan renounces war as a sovereign right and prohibits the maintenance of armed forces with war potential. Continue reading...