Lawmakers on a constitutional panel slammed a report issued by the panel on Friday, stating that the document had been edited to bolster pro-amendment views.
"I can't think of the report as anything other than a version favorable to constitutional amendments -- a version that goes over themes certain to be a bone of contention," said Naoaki Haruna, a member of the Japanese Communist Party.
The JCP opposes constitutional changes.
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