Young Japanese Rally to Keep Japan’s Peaceful Constitution as Reform Looms
Thousands of young protesters, including 22-year-old Gohta Hashimoto, are mobilizing to defend Article 9 of Japan's postwar pacifist constitution as the LDP pushes constitutional reform and a broader Self-Defense Forces role, with demonstrations across Tokyo and other cities signaling cross-generational concern about Japan being drawn into overseas wars; any amendment would still require a two-thirds parliamentary majority and a nationwide referendum amid divided public opinion.
