TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to accelerate plans to amend Japan's pacifist constitution, saying he expects to submit a proposed revision to lawmakers before the end of the year, media reported on Sunday. Abe said in a speech in Kobe city on Saturday he planned to submit a proposal for the first amendment of Japan's post-World War II constitution during an extraordinary session of parliament that will be convened later this year, Japan's main daily newspapers reported. Abe has proposed amending the constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 by 2020 to officially recognize Japan's Self-Defense Forces as its military. Such a change could draw fire from China and South Korea, where bitter memories of Japan's past military aggression persist. They would likely see the change as a step toward the re-emergence of Japan as a military power. Abe would need to win the support of two-thirds of members of both houses of parliament and a majority of votes in a referendum. Reuters (China Daily 06/26/2017 page11) baller bandstyvek wristbands londonjordan wristbandrubber bracelets cheap24 hour wristbandscheap custom wristbandscool wristbandsprinted bracelets
BEIJING - China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their third and last in-orbit refueling at 8:17 pm Saturday. The third refueling, lasting about three days, confirmed the technical results from the second refueling. Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was launched on April 20 from South China's Hainan province, and it completed automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab on April 22. The two spacecraft completed their first in-orbit refueling on April 27 and second on June 15. In the past five months, Tianzhou-1 has operated smoothly and completed various tasks.
