Yeah, it's actually still in their constitution. But it's been re-interpreted to allow for a "self-defence force". At present, their "self-defence force" has a budget about the same size as Germany's military.

It's true that they've stayed away from building offensive capability. They couldn't operate a major army unit indepdently overseas. But they've got some damned fine equipment.

Their Navy in particular is impressive. There's an argument to be made that in combat operations, it outclasses every navy in the world except the US. Though that's a tight race.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.