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The end of Japan’s pacifist constitution? Against welcoming an unknown angel 
Abe's Window of Time for Amending Japan's Pacifist Constitution Narrows12 August 2018
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe embarks on a push to amend the country’s pacifist constitution, he is running into the political realities of a resistant public an…
Op-ed: Japan: Constitutional revision referendum campaign rules should be clarified2 July 2018
Revisions to the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan have emerged as a focal point during the ongoing Diet session, which has been exte…
Most Japanese recognize need for constitutional reform, but not under Abe30 April 2018
More than half of Japanese polled oppose any constitutional revisions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, one of whose top political goals is to rewrite the charte…
Op-ed: Amending the Japanese Constitution for free education12 March 2018
A draft proposal by the Liberal Democratic Party to amend the Constitution falls short of its campaign promise in the general election last year to realize “fre…
Japan's constitutional referendum law needs changed, critics argue14 February 2018
While debate continues in Japan on whether to amend the pacifist Constitution, less attention has been given to the referendum system under which the public wil…
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