Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday that although he would prefer to revise the Constitution in order to clarify Japan's right to collective defense, another option would be to pass a Diet resolution allowing Tokyo to exercise this right.
"A revision to the Constitution would be ideal," Koizumi told a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee.
But the proposal to issue a Diet resolution instead "is one option," he said.
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