We pledge our honor to accomplish a new world where
　　　　　　　the high ideals and purposes in our Constitution thrives

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　Yuriko Kondo and her friends

　On Feb.26th, 2009, without any public announcements to local citizens of Kagamihara nor to poeple in the prefecture of Gife,　
　PAC3 was deployed　at ASDF Gife Base in Kagamihara, Gifu.　　This deployment was made public at the calculated timing
　syncronized with the media release that the North Korea would launch a "missile."

　The other day, MSDF, for the first time in its history, sent a destroyer on a voyage to faraway seas offshore Somalia
　under the pretext of a counter-measure against increasing piracy activities over there. 　This was made possible by
　the controversial Article 82 of the Self Defense Force Law, which allows MSDF to carry out guarding tasks at seas. 　
　And then, lately, our Defense Minister has initiated "destruction measure command" by a relating clause in the article,
　which has realized, again for the first time, the sequential protocols of SM3-loaded destroyer despatches and PAC3s'
　transfer and stand-by for a probable launch.
　
　So we, while being sovereigns by Constitution, had been left in the dark , only to awake― finally thanks to the current
　torrents of biased media coverage　which says "to have it makes you secured, to use is makes you more secured"―
　to this sudden avalanche of unconstitutional uses of SDFs made possible by the Law of Self Defense Force.

　These present moves of SDFｓ are far from tolerable to peace-loving　citizens in Japan, as they represent audatious neglect,
　or worse,　defiance, of our right to live in peace (which has been confirmed as　concrete) stipulated in our Constitution, and
　above all, of the Article 9, by which "the right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized. "　All of these situations　
　are naturally feared to pave the way for a war-contingency in which we shall again "be visited with the horrors of war through
　the action of the government." ( Preamble to the Constitution of Japan)

　We protest against these dangerous moves and trends with our hearfelt anger, and thus "pledge our national honor to accomplish,
　with all our resources," a new world where the ideal of the pacifism written in the Constitution of Japan thrives and is utilized
　in its true sense for the benefit of the world citizens.

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　Yuriko Kondo
　2009 Action Committee of Seino Constitution Study Meet for peace, human rights, and democracy
　Ogaki Article 9 Circle

　
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　　　Preamble to The Constitution of Japan　(promulgated november 3, 1946)

　We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the national diet, determined that we shall secure
　for ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the blessings of liberty throughout this land,
　and resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors of war through the action of government, do proclaim that
　sovereign power resides with the people and do firmly establish this constitution. 　Government is a sacred trust of the people,
　the authority for which is derived from the people, the powers of which are exercised by the representatives of the people,
　and the benefits of which are enjoyed by the people. 　This is a universal principle of mankind upon which this constitution is
　founded. we reject and revoke all constitutions, laws, ordinances, and rescripts in conflict herewith.
　
　We, the Japanese people, desire peace for all time and are deeply conscious of the high ideals controlling human relationship,
　and we have determined to preserve our security and existence, trusting in the justice and faith of the peace-loving peoples
　of the world. 　we desire to occupy an honored place in an international society striving for the preservation of peace, and
　the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the earth. we recognize that all peoples of
　the world have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want.
　
　We believe that no nation is responsible to itself alone, but that laws of political morality are universal; and that obedience to
　such laws is incumbent upon all nations who would sustain their own sovereignty and justify their sovereign relationship with
　other nations.
　
　We, the Japanese people, pledge our national honor to accomplish these high ideals and purposes with all our resources.

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　　　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.
　
　　In order 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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　　 Article 99

　　The emperor or the regent as well as ministers of state, members of the diet, judges, and all other public officials have
　　the obligation to respect and uphold this constitution.