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, by Mainichi Shimbun
74% of winners in upper house election favor constitutional amendment: Mainichi poll
Seventy-four percent of winners in the July 21 House of Councillors election are in favor of revising the pacifist Constitution while only 19 percent are opposed to any move to change the supreme law, (…)
, by Kyodo News
TOKYO (Kyodo) — The following is an explanation of how members of the House of Councillors are elected.
Lawmakers of Japan’s House of Councillors, or the upper house, are elected every three years, with half the 242 seats up for grabs alternately, and those elected serve a six-year term. (…)
, by REPETA Lawrence
Is it time to bring Japan’s postwar experiment in liberal democracy to an end? Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and his followers seem to think so. In April 2012, the LDP published a clear blueprint for constitutional revision that would go a long way toward achieving this goal.
The Liberal (…)
, by Kyodo News, Mainichi Shimbun
Leading scholars launch group against revising Constitution’s Article 96
A group of 36 professors of constitutional law and other prominent scholars have launched an organization advocating against the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s move to amend Article 96 of the Constitution.
The group, (…)
, by JOHNSTON Eric
Push to change Constitution gains parties’ favor
OSAKA — Political efforts to change a key part of the Constitution that would make it much easier to revise other articles continue to strengthen in the ruling and opposition parties.
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and Your (…)
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