Editing Komeito (section)

=== Security policy ===
In contrast with the LDP, Komeito has generally been more cautious about efforts to expand the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Ryall |first=Julian |date=29 October 2021 |title=Tricky Tokyo-Beijing relations weigh on Japan's political parties as Kishida seeks mandate in lower house election |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3154049/tricky-tokyo-beijing-relations-weigh-japans-political-parties |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> At its founding, the party adhered to absolute pacifism, rejecting both the constitutionality of the JSDF and the military alliance with the US.<ref name=":0" /> Softening its views later, Komeito backed LDP proposals, such as a 2004 vote to dispatch the JSDF to support allied operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and prime minister [[Shinzo Abe]]'s revision of the security laws to expand military powers in July 2015,<ref name="reference to NY times" /> although it did manage to moderate the policy on the latter.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mette Fisker-Nielsen |first1=Anne |date=November 1, 2016 |title=Has Komeito Abandoned its Principles? Public Perception of the Party's Role in Japan's Security Legislation Debate |url=http://apjjf.org/2016/21/Fisker-Nielsen.html |journal=The Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus |volume=14 |issue=21, #3}}</ref>