Opposition Change is Eroding military fand declare war?
As public sentiment about the economy changes, Japanese attitudes about the country’s strategic role in the world are evolving. For some time, there has been a robust public debate within Japan about whether Tokyo needs a military capacity and a willingness to engage in security operations commensurate with the country’s stature as the world’s third largest economy. But such ambitions have long been constrained by Japan’s post-World War II constitution.
A majority of Japanese (56%) oppose changing their constitution so that Japan could officially have a military and declare war. But that opposition has declined by 11 percentage points since 2006, when 67% were against constitutional revision. Men (45%) are much more willing to support constitutional revision than are women (28%).
Opposition Change Eroding to Constitutional  | Opposition Change is Eroding  | Do you favor or oppose could changing officially the Japanese have  | constitution so Japan could officially have a  | military fand declare war?  | Oppose  | Favor  | 67  | 58  | 56  | 36  | 31  | 27  | 2006  | 2008  | 2013  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER Q65b, 