Op-ed: Japanese constitution as an election campaign issue

<p>Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeatedly emphasizes that economy is the foremost issue in the campaign for the July 10 Upper House election — urging voters to choose whether to endorse his bid to go on with Abenomics or return to what he calls “those dark days” before the policy package was launched. But the race should be a venue for voters to hand down a comprehensive judgment on what his administration has done over the last 3½ years, including the security legislation enacted last year amid sharply divided public opinion and charges that it runs counter to the war-renouncing Constitution. Voters should also be aware that the outcome of the election could set the stage for amending the Constitution.</p>
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