An advisory panel hand-picked by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will submit a report Thursday proposing conditions under which Japan would be able to exercise the right to collective self-defense in the event the constitutional ban is lifted.
Abe is slated to hold a news conference Thursday to outline how the government will proceed with discussions on the sensitive matter, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
He is also expected to convene a four-minister meeting of the National Security Council with Suga, the defense minister and the foreign minister on Thursday after receiving the report from the panel, which is headed by Shunji Yanai, a former ambassador to the U.S.