Abe's grandfather had 2-step plan for Japan constitution change

Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi set a two-year timeline to revise a postwar security treaty with the United States as a precursor to an amendment of Japan's pacifist Constitution, according to diplomatic records declassified Wednesday.In coming up with the strategy, Kishi, an arch-conservative and current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's grandfather, was preparing for his first visit to the United States as Japan's leader in 1957 when he envisioned putting his plan into action.Kishi's idea was to seek a revision to the security treaty which was widely seen across the political spectrum in J…READ FULL ARTICLE