Self-immolation Protests PM Abe Overturning Japan's Pacifist Postwar Order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2133532 |
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| Authors | John Kingston (0000-0003-3869-9788, corresponding author), Jeff Kingston |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 54 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466012037539 |
| OpenAlex | W4410182765 |
| Language | EN |
On June 29, 2014 a man set himself on fire in Tokyo to protest PM Abe Shinzo's bid to lift constitutional constraints on Japan's military forces and in subsequent days tens of thousands of citizens gathered outside the prime minister's residence to loudly protest this initiative. Opinion polls, even those conducted by reliably rightwing news organizations, indicate widespread opposition to his renunciation of pacifism and very little support for collective self-defense (CSD
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| Highly cited | No |
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