The Philippines on Saturday welcomed Japan’s landmark legislation that will allow its military to fight overseas for the first time in 70 years and respond to threats against its allies.

After its defeat in the second World War, Japan has adopted a pacifist constitution that forbids it to use force in resolving conflicts, except in self-defense.

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