Japan
![Japanese lawmakers of the House of Councilors scuffled during a vote of the upper house special committee for the security-related bills in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 17. Opponents of the bill have said the law would lead to unwanted Japanese involvement in U.S.-led conflicts around the world, and Japan press reported Monday the details on the landmark decision are missing from government records. [photo credit: Keizo Mori/UPI ]](/sites/default/files/japan-kept-no-record-of-talks-over-revised-constitution-report-says_-upi_0.jpg "Japanese lawmakers of the House of Councilors scuffled during a vote of the upper house special committee for the security-related bills in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 17. Opponents of the bill have said the law would lead to unwanted Japanese involvement in U.S.-led conflicts around the world, and Japan press reported Monday the details on the landmark decision are missing from government records. [photo credit: Keizo Mori/UPI ]")
News
29 September 2015
Japan: No records kept on discussions to revise pacifist constitution
![National Diet of Japan [photo credit: IACL]](/sites/default/files/national-diet-of-japan_-_iacl_0.jpg "National Diet of Japan [photo credit: IACL]")
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23 September 2015
Analysis: The End of Constitutional Pacifism in Japan?
![Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman on the upper house special committee on security, as Masahisa Sato, right, of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fist lands on opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi, top, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015 [photo credit: Yuya Shino/ Reuters]](/sites/default/files/japan_-_reuters_0.jpg "Lawmakers crowd around Yoshitada Konoike, chairman on the upper house special committee on security, as Masahisa Sato, right, of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s fist lands on opposition Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Hiroyuki Konishi, top, during a vote at an upper house special committee session on security-related legislation at the parliament in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2015 [photo credit: Yuya Shino/ Reuters]")
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18 September 2015
Japan: Abe pushes through reform of pacifist constitution despite widespread protests
News
14 September 2015
Revising the constitution as Abe's long-term project for Japan
![Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews members of Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) during the Self-Defense Forces Day at Asaka Base, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 [photo credit: AP]](/sites/default/files/shinzo_abe_-_ap_4.jpeg "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews members of Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) during the Self-Defense Forces Day at Asaka Base, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 [photo credit: AP]")
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30 July 2015
It's OK for Japan to Fudge Its Constitution - Noah Feldman
![Japan President Shinzo Abe [photo credit: Reuters/ Toru Hanai]](/sites/default/files/download_-_reuters_1.jpeg "Japan President Shinzo Abe [photo credit: Reuters/ Toru Hanai]")
News
15 July 2015
Japan's proposed bill for increased military highlights broader issues of pacifist constitution
News
24 June 2015
Japan: Support for Abe security bills slumps: survey
Analysis
10 February 2015
Japan: Insights into the World - Devise viable path to revise Constitution
Analysis
5 February 2015
Japan’s constitutional albatross
News
5 February 2015
Japan: Abe seeks national referendum for amending the Constitution as early as late 2016