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is a clause in the national Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state. The Constitution came into effect on May 3, 1947, following World War II. In its text, the state formally renounces the sovereign right of belligerency and aims at an international peace based on justice and order, unless otherwise amended by Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution with two-thirds super majority of each of the both houses of the Japanese Diet and a simple majority approval by a public referendum of Japan. The article also states that, to accomplish these aims, armed forces with war potential will not be maintained, although Japan maintains ''de facto'' armed forces, referred to as the Japan Self-Defense Forces which may have originally been thought of as something akin to what Mahatma Gandhi called the Shanti Sena (soldiers of peace) or a collective security police (peacekeeping) force operating under the United Nations. In July 2014, the Japanese government approved a reinterpretation which gave more powers to its Self-Defense forces, allowing them to defend other allies in case of war being declared upon them, but the motion did not pass the amendment of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, despite concerns and disapproval from China and South Korea, whereas the United States supported the move. This change is considered illegitimate by some Japanese parties and Japanese citizens since the prime minister circumvented Japan's constitutional amendment procedure. __FORCETOC__ == Text of the article == The full text of the article in Japanese:〔(日本国憲法 )〕 The official English translation of the article is: The official English translation of the entire constitution is available on the (website of the Cabinet Office ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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