YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA PREF. – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday again expressed his eagerness to add a clause on the existence of the Self-Defense Forces to the Constitution.
“We must create an environment in which SDF personnel can perform their duties with high morale and a sense of mission,” Abe said at a graduation ceremony at the National Defense Academy in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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