Japanese prime minister urges political parties to draft articles for constitutional revision

The Constitution was among the items Prime Minister Fumio Kishida mentioned in his policy speech, urging the ruling and opposition parties to formulate draft articles for revision. Kishida likely aims to attract conservatives by demonstrating his eagerness to revise the Constitution, which has never been amended, during his term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, which ends next year in September. [...] This was the first time since the Kishida Cabinet was formed in October 2021 that the prime minister has referred to “the concrete formulation of draft articles” in a policy speech. [...] Among the topics that have been discussed for constitutional revision is the establishment of a state of emergency clause, one major point of which is to extend the tenure of Diet members when it is difficult to hold an election. [...] In [the] policy speech [on 23 October], Kishida also referred to the consideration of measures for a stable Imperial succession. The prime minister called for “active discussions so that the consensus of the legislature can be reached at an early date.”
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