Japan PM Shinzo Abe promises to deal with North Korea threat

In this article courtesy of the BBC, the incumbent Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has promised to take a strong stance against North Korea after declaring a win in the recent election. Most importantly however, are the results of the election in regards to the Diet, Japans lower legislative body. The current ruling coalition under Abe, the Liberal Democratic Party Coalition (LDP) won 312 of the 465 seats, meaning that they have the ability to put forth a revision to the Japanese constitution. In particular, Abe has advocated for a revision of Article 9, which renounces war, which would in effect formally recognize Japan's military, the Self-Defense Force. Although now with the ability to do such a thing, Abe and the LDP would also have to put the amendments up for a referendum vote, and the proposed amendments have many critics who would see editing the constitution as harmful to Japan.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41717219

Aric Laatz