Most regard it as ironic, but some call it sinister.
The Self-Defense Forces have launched an annual recruitment drive in the same week that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe handed Japan's troops a new role.
On Tuesday, the day Abe said the Cabinet had decided to reinterpret the pacifist Constitution, the Defense Ministry launched a major campaign for new recruits, with TV commercials and online videos soliciting applications.
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