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CONSTITUTION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jul 6, 2016
A ruling bloc win in Sunday's poll puts Constitution in crosshairs
Keiko Hirai was surprised to see a letter addressed to her and her husband from the Self-Defense Forces, urging their 15-year-old son to enroll in a special high school run by the Ground Self-Defense Force after graduating from junior high.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 6, 2016
Sunday's election likely to result in majority needed for constitutional revision: poll
Sunday's election may put Japan in a position to rewrite its Constitution, as lawmakers who support revising the contentious document are likely to win the required two-thirds majority in the Upper House, a Kyodo News survey has found.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jul 4, 2016
Let's discuss the Upper House election
The nation's major political parties have kicked off their official House of Councilors election campaigns, with the ruling bloc and a united opposition giving speeches centered on the economy around the country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 2, 2016
1957 Sunagawa base incident puts spotlight on new security laws
Former activists petitioning for a retrial after they were fined for unlawfully entering a U.S. military base in Tokyo nearly 60 years ago find their case in the spotlight once again.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2016
Peace activist says her SDF son was told to sever contact
A woman whose son is serving with the Self-Defense Forces is a tireless campaigner against recently enacted security legislation, and she is no less vocal now that an Upper House election is approaching.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 29, 2016
Much at stake in this election
If voters do not wish to give the Abe administration a carte blanche to revise the Constitution, they must express their intention in this election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 29, 2016
Outspoken anti-war mom causes buzz, says GSDF soldier son was told to steer clear of her
A woman whose son is serving with the Self-Defense Forces is a tireless campaigner against recently enacted security legislation, and she is no less vocal now that an Upper House election is approaching.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / LEADERS SPEAK
Jun 27, 2016
DP's Okada warns Abe is distracting voters from his goal to rewrite Constitution
A strong victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party in next month's Upper House election would spell an end to postwar pacifism and "completely change the way Japan is," according to Democratic Party leader Katsuya Okada.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 25, 2016
Can foreign media pressure force changes in Japan?
Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara's first-person "biography" of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, "Tensai" ("Genius"), remains atop best-seller lists. It is interesting to note that when Tanaka was alive Ishihara berated him as a crude opportunist. The years have obviously tempered his view, or perhaps...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 25, 2016
Abe expresses concern over Brexit-related currency fluctuations at election debate
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday Japan will take "every measure" to ensure stability in global financial markets following Britain's vote to exit from the European Union.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 24, 2016
July poll may give Abe camp enough seats to push constitutional change: Kyodo survey
The Upper House election could enable lawmakers in favor of constitutional amendment to call a referendum on the issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / LEADERS SPEAK
Jun 23, 2016
Upper House poll a chance to preserve pacifist Constitution, says JCP's Shii
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe steers the nation away from pacifism, the coming Upper House election is a chance to voice opposition to this new course, according to Kazuo Shii, who heads the Japanese Communist Party.
EDITORIALS
Jun 23, 2016
Constitution as a campaign issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeatedly emphasizes that economy is the foremost issue in the campaign for the July 10 Upper House election — urging voters to choose whether to endorse his bid to go on with Abenomics or return to what he calls "those dark days" before the policy package was launched. But...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2016
Voters express hopes, concerns as Upper House election campaign begins
Voters in Japan, including 18- and 19-year-olds who are newly eligible to cast a ballot, have expressed their hopes and fears over the July 10 Upper House election as campaigning kicked off this week.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 22, 2016
Battle lines drawn for July Upper House poll
As the campaign for the July 10 Upper House election kicked off Wednesday, the major parties unveiled their platforms to win over voters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 22, 2016
Economy in focus as campaigning starts for Japan's July 10 Upper House race
Political parties kick off their official House of Councilors election campaigns around the country with speeches on the economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / DECISION 2016
Jun 22, 2016
Abe plays economic card but opposition targets his 'hidden' agenda in Upper House election battle
The poll could pave the way for Abe to revise the U.S.-drafted Constitution nationalists see as a humiliating remnant of WWII.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 20, 2016
Abe's LDP sits on solid lead ahead of Upper House election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will likely garner more than twice as many votes as the Democratic Party, its biggest rival, in the pivotal July 10 Upper House election, newspaper surveys said Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2016
Nearly half of Upper House candidates oppose Abe's push to rewrite Constitution: survey
Almost 50 percent of those planning to run in next month's pivotal Upper House election oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to revise the war-renouncing Constitution, according to a survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 18, 2016
Nation's 18- and 19-year-olds prepare to vote
In the most significant change to the postwar era electoral system, the revised Public Election Offices Law granting the right to vote to 18- and 19-year-olds takes effect Sunday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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