A bill to create a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council has passed the Lower House and is now on the floor of the Upper House. The NSC is the principal forum used by the U.S. president for considering national security and foreign policy matters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that the purpose of the Japanese NSC would be to enable the government to carry out security measures and diplomacy flexibly and strategically by collecting information held by various government organizations in an integrated fashion.
It should not be forgotten that the Japanese NSC is an important part of Mr. Abe's plan to push his policy of "proactive pacifism." Through the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, "proactive pacifism" could eventually lead to deployment of the Self-Defense Forces overseas on armed military missions.
In short, if implemented Mr. Abe's policy of "proactive pacifism" will destroy the Constitution's war-renouncing principle and Japan's traditional "defense-only defense" posture. Thus the prime minister's push for "proactive pacifism" must be stopped.