The opposition parties capitalized on Constitution Day Friday to express skepticism about the wisdom of revising the pacifist charter, while the ruling Liberal Democratic Party tried to build momentum to significantly rewrite it.
This year marks the document's 66th anniversary.
The LDP issued a statement claiming constitutional change is inevitable. "The issue is no longer whether we should change the Constitution," it says. "We are at the stage of mulling how to revise it."
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