In May 2017, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set a 2020 deadline for revising Article 9, which would legitimize the Japan Self-Defense Forces in the Japanese constitution.
[5] Under his successor Yoshihide Suga, parliament revised referendum law in June 2021 to make it easier to vote by allowing temporary voting station.
The move was considered as a step toward the possibility of the constitutional referendum taking place.
[6] Kishida renewed calls for the referendum in May 2023.
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