Japan will not pursue ability to wage 'full-scale war,' Kishida says

PM vows to stay within constitutional limits on strike option for missile bases

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the lower house budget committee. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

YUSUKE TAKEUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan does not seek the power to destroy an enemy nation, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the parliament on Wednesday, stressing that a proposed capacity to attack missile bases would not go beyond the limits of the country's pacifist constitution.

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