http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/tags/Japan/Peacekeeping/default.aspxTags: Japan, PeacekeepingenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/2008/04/08/new-crs-report-on-article-9-of-the-japanese-constitution.aspxTue, 08 Apr 2008 21:51:00 GMT3dba5dbf-cc88-412d-a5e1-dc96318a2d17:131John Nann0<p>&nbsp;Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining the potential to make war.&nbsp; Over the past few years, the very popular provision has been getting a lot of attention as Japan has more often participated in UN peacekeeping activities.&nbsp; It now appears that Article 9 will be amended within the next several years.&nbsp; A report written by the Japanese Foreign Law Specialist within the Directorate of Legal Research for International, Comparative, and Foreign Law of the Law Library of Congress&nbsp;has <a href="http://www.loc.gov/law/help/japan_art9.html">more</a>.<br /></p><img src="http://blogs.law.yale.edu/aggbug.aspx?PostID=131" width="1" height="1">international lawJapanPeacekeeping