Sentence examples for its self defence from inspiring English sources
The administration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced a major new interpretation of the security provisions of the country's 1947 constitution, permitting its Self Defence Forces (SDF) to participate for the first time in collective self-defence related activities.
Japan on Tuesday launched its first military communications satellite to boost the broadband capacity of its Self Defence Forces as they reinforce an island chain stretching along the southern edge of the East China Sea.
If it could not send its "self-defence" forces abroad, that was because Article 9 of its constitution forbade it.
It is not clear whether Japan's pacifist constitution prevents its Self-Defence Forces from striking back until its own citizens are injured.
So the state doesn't switch on its self-defence mechanisms".
Failing that, India must show that its self-defence can be both ruthless and restricted.
So Israel is indeed ferociously single-minded in pursuing its self-defence within the region.
Japan also said its self-defence force would remain on alert in case of further launches.
A patriotic Japan that had converted its "self-defence forces" into a standing army just like any other country's would add to the security of North-East Asia. North-East Asia
He has proposed reinterpreting Japan's pacifist constitution to allow the country's military, officially known as its self-defence forces, to come to the aid of allies under attack.
But after the September 11th attacks, its Self-Defence Forces (SDF is a euphemism for its armed forces that gets round its pacifist-sounding constitution) have been deployed in much more determined fashion.
