Shinzo Abe sets sights on Japan's pacifist constitution after election win

<p>Japan’s re-elected prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has said he is determined to rewrite the country’s pacifist constitution – drawing an immediate sour response from China.</p><p>A day after securing another four years in office with Sunday’s landslide election victory, Abe signalled he would pursue his long-cherished goal of changing the US-authored constitution.</p><p>Abe, a conservative, has made no secret of his desire to remove what he regards as unfair constraints on Japan’s military, seven decades after its surrender at the end of a war that saw it occupy neighbours including China and attack countries further afield in the Pacific.</p><p>“Revising the constitution has always been an objective since the Liberal Democratic party was launched,” Abe told reporters.</p>
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