00:00Also, thousands of Japanese people gathered in front of the parliament in Tokyo to protest the military build-up and
00:06constitutional reform promoted by Sanae Takayashi's government.
00:10The government is accelerating military spending, easing restrictions on lethal weapons exports, planning to deploy medium- and long-range
00:18missiles and intends to review its three security documents and the constitution before the end of the year.
00:25Democratic Party leader Mishu Fukushima called for a halt to the discussion of constitutional amendments in the House of Representatives
00:34and denounced the government for seeking to smooth the way for reform by reducing proportional representation seats.
00:43She also linked the joint Japan-U.S. military exercises to the escalation of militarization.
00:48From the Communist Party, Takujama Soe warned that missile deployments and the arms race do not bring peace and caution
00:56against the dangerous, large-scale resurgence of militarism.
01:05After all, instead of spending money on that kind of military force, I would like us to focus first on
01:11diplomacy to do our very best in that area and to establish friendly relations with the countries of Asia.
01:17Conscientious people have long been saying that we must not forget our glorious history, so I believe that is extremely
01:25important.
