1.   Article Nine of the Japanese constitution renounced war as a way to resolve disputes.

2.   For all its current economic problems today, Japan is an egalitarian and democratic state that continues to embrace an American-imposed Constitution renouncing war.

3.   Military spending is a particularly delicate issue in Japan because of memories of World War II and because of its Constitution, which renounces war.

4.   For example, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos in June suggested Savimbi could be pardoned if he surrendered and renounced war.

5.   In June, he said, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos suggested Savimbi could be pardoned if he surrendered and renounced war.

6.   The constitution, drafted by the United States after World War II, prohibits Japan from having an army and commits it to renouncing war.

7.   The most sensitive element in the constitution is Article Nine, which stipulates that Japan will for ever renounce war and keep no military forces.

8.   The planes are used for war, he said, and Japan, whose constitution renounces war, has no need for them.

9.   In its constitution, Japan has renounced war as a means of settling international disputes.

10.   The pacifist socialists have pressed parliament to adopt a resolution in which Japan renounces war and clearly expresses regret for its wartime aggression and colonial rule in Asia.