Oh, Really?

I can't believe a sitting Prime Minister said this about his own country's constitution. Japan has taught the world to love sushi, sumo, anime and all manner of alien cultural offerings. Why not share with the world what Japan learned the hard way, ending in 1945: Grown men aka hawkish governments waging war on women and children is immoral. Japan, the only country with peace spelled out in its constitution, needs to own its own history.

Shame on Prime Minister Abe for saying:

"The war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution should be revised so that Japan can participate in collective military action authorized by the U.N. Charter, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared Saturday." (from the Japan Times online)

Is this something that should be said by someone who is meant to be guided by that very constitution?