Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have a chance for three more years in office as his party extends the term limit for its leader.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party has decided to revise rules to extend the maximum tenure of its president from six to nine years.

The shift is set to be approved at the LDP’s annual convention next March. The move will boost the right-leaning leader’s ambition to amend the pacifist Constitution, while conferring on him the honor of presiding over Japan as Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games in 2020.