It would likely hasten Japan's steps to amend its pacifist constitution, beef up its defence forces and play a bigger security role in the region.

并可能促使日本加速修订其和平主义章程，并扩大防御军力，进而在亚太地区扮演更大的安全角色。

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And all this without revising the pacifist constitution to which most Japanese had grown attached.

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The move, noteworthy for a country with a pacifist constitution, is aimed at shooting down any debris from the launch that might fall into Japanese territory.

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Following World War II, lawmakers forged a pacifist constitution.

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