Given the current regional security environment– international terrorism tied to local, Asian-based terrorists, various challenges to the security of vital sea lanes, North Korea’s search for nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and China’s rapid enhancement of its naval power–, Asia today is far less stable and more complex than it was when Japan's constitution was written.
在当前地区安全环境下——全球恐怖主义与亚洲本地的恐怖主义分子关系紧密，重要海上通道的安全面临多种挑战，朝鲜寻求发展核武器和弹道导弹，中国迅速扩张的海军力量——比起日本制定宪法的那个时候，如今的亚洲已没有那么稳定了， 局势也复杂得多。