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Originally Posted by Yu Ominae
It's not against the constitution though.
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Um, yes.
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Originally Posted by Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
ARTICLE 9. Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. (2) To accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
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Source: wiki. Emphasis mine.
Conscription is most certainly going to be considered war potential. The Japanese in forging the JSDF and arming it to the current extent has already pushed the limits of the Article to a near-breaking point, and there are those within Japan who already consider the current JSDF outright unconstitutional.