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+Shinzo Abe pushing for constitutional revision of Article 9 – just shy of PC required |
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+Walters 7/26 (Riley Electoral Win for Japanese Prime Minister Draws International Concern Providence Mag 7/26/16 https://providencemag.com/2016/07/electoral-win-japanese-prime-minister-draws-international-concern/ Acc 9/1/16) CW |
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+As the longest serving Prime Minster in a decade, Shinzo Abe has pushed a |
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+even debating the issue. Economic issues still remain the public’s top concern. |
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+Nuclear phase-out extremely popular |
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+Kingston 13 (Jeff Will the real Shinzo Abe emerge after Diet success? CNN 23 July 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/23/opinion/japan-real-abe-kingston/index.html Acc 9/1/16) CW |
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+Abe also faces stiff public opposition over his plans to restart the nation's idled nuclear |
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+AND |
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+of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points for a sample of 500 |
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+Constitution revision causes explosive East Asian arms race |
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+Siegel 07 (Michael T. Questioning the Rationale for Changing Japan’s Peace Constitution Asia-Pacific Geopolitics: Hegemony Vs. Human Security ed. Joseph A. Camilleri pp. 75-92 1/1/07 Google Books Acc 9/1/16) CW |
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+For almost sixty years, Japan has been protected from the security dilemma by the |
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+AND |
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+arms race in the region - with all the risks that that entails. |
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+East Asian arms race triggers global annihilation. Ogura and Oh 97 |
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+ Toshimaru Ogura and Ingyu Oh are professors of economics, April, “Nuclear clouds over the Korean peninsula and Japan,” 1997Accessed July 10, 2008 via Lexis-Nexis (Monthly Review) |
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+North Korea, South Korea, and Japan have achieved quasi- or virtual nuclear |
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+AND |
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+hot conflict among these countries would threaten to escalate into a global conflagration. |
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+Constitution revision would turn the clock back to an imperialist era – kills individual liberties |
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+The Economist 13 (Back to the future http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21578712-shinzo-abes-plan-rewrite-japans-constitution-running-trouble-back-future 6/1/13 Acc 9/1/16) CW |
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+Even this slight shift away from Japan’s pacifist creed would be controversial. Yet Mr |
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+AND |
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+effective at minimizing structural violence since the state is the source of institutional power |