Anime master Hayao Miyazaki blasted the government's push to revise the Constitution, saying that politicians without any understanding of history "shouldn't be messing" with the foundation of the country.
In a magazine published last week by his production company, Studio Ghibli, the award-winning director said he is "disgusted" by proposals to replace the Constitution, including war-renouncing Article 9.
"To take advantage of the low voter turnout and to change the Constitution without giving it serious thought is unacceptable," Miyazaki wrote, apparently referring to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's win in Sunday's Upper House poll. "I am clearly against it."
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