Japan
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News
16 December 2014
Japan: POLL: 84% of newly elected lawmakers favor constitutional revision
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News
16 December 2014
Japan: Shinzo Abe sets sights on Japan's pacifist constitution after election win
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News
11 December 2014
Japan: Constitutional reform to heat up following elections
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Analysis
8 December 2014
Japan: Amending the Constitution
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News
11 November 2014
Ishihara’s Stealth Attack on the Japanese Constitution
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News
10 October 2014
Japan to back Nepal's effort to craft new constitution
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News
23 September 2014
Lee backs Japan’s decision to revise pacifist constitution
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Analysis
26 August 2014
Reinterpreting Japan's Constitution: The limits of Abe’s ambitions
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News
1 August 2014
Japan: Pushed by conservatives, 19 assemblies pass statements urging constitutional revision
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News
30 July 2014
Japan Outlines Constitution Change Impact
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