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cjal-5453	Tokuchi, Hideshi	Implications of Revision of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan on the Defense Policy of Japan	2019	10	.pdf	application/pdf	4121	147	43	On December 20, 2018, a P-1 patrol aircraft of Japan’s Maritime Defense Force was flying within Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Sea of Japan as part of ordinary intelligence collection and warning and surveillance activities when it observed a destroyer, and a patrol and rescue vessel of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). But this incident reminded the Japanese public witnessing the video, released by the Ministry of Defense at the end of 2018, that there existed a gap between the reality and the constitutional requirement.4 Japan has its armed forces while Article 9 of the Constitution prohibits “land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potentials.”	cache/cjal-5453.pdf	txt/cjal-5453.txt