Japan has decided to revise the Constitution in order to defend against threats from North Korea. The ruling liberal democratic party (LDP) in favor of the adoption of new measures to counter missile threats from North Korea, including capacity-building of anti-missile defense of Japan and away from its post-war Constitution. Hiroshi Imazu, Chairman of Research Commission on security of the LDP and former Minister of defense Onodera Itsunori, presented a proposal on missile defense, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Ondara, who led the group, told the press after the meeting that the current system of Japan can not cope with the fire attacks. Anxiety in Japan follows a recent series of North Korean missile tests. Earlier this month, Pyongyang released 4 ballistic missiles, medium-range, 3 of which landed less than 200 nautical miles from the coast of Japan. Abe said his government will seriously consider this proposal. "We assess that the threat (from North Korea) have reached a new level, we take it seriously. This assessment is shared by the United States," he said on Thursday. "We intend firmly to accept today's proposal." Currently any Japanese counter-attack on North Korea must come from the American forces because in Tokyo there is all the equipment needed to conduct strikes over long distances, according to analysts. "They can bomb someone landing on one of the main Islands of Japan, but they are unable to strike Chinese or North Korean air bases or missile sites," said Carl Schuster, a former Director of operations at joint intelligence center Pacific command of the United States. Schuster notes that Japanese warplanes do not have the equipment needed to suppress air defenses. "They can defend, but can't hit, he said. In 2015, amid protests by citizens and neighboring countries, the government has adjusted its pacifist Constitution after world war II to allow a more active role in overseas conflicts. Legislation reinterpreted article 9 of that document, which reads: "the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes".