Multiple choice

What requirement was written into the Japanese constitution?

  1. to restrict voting rights

  2. to maintain a strong military for their protection

  3. to allow travelers into their country

  4. to never declare war on another country

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Article 9 of the post-World War II Japanese Constitution, drafted under Allied occupation, explicitly renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation and bans the maintenance of land, sea, and air forces for aggressive purposes. This established Japan as a pacifist nation.