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US CONSTITUTION

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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 / 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.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2016
Japan Conference's quest for constitutional revision
The Japan Conference represents a new approach to a civil movement based on traditional right-wing values.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 16, 2016
Abe lurches to economic left to broaden appeal before crucial summer election
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is shifting his economic policies to the left in a bid to broaden his appeal ahead of a key election this summer.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2016
Constitutional scholar Kobayashi announces plan for anti-Abe party, Upper House bid
A constitutional scholar inspired by U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders jumps into the Upper House race to stop the 'uncontrollable' government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
May 8, 2016
Does the Japanese Constitution mean anything?
If the Liberal Democratic Party gets its way, the current charter, full of rights that are barely known, would be replaced with a constitution that's more about duties.
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JAPAN / Society
May 6, 2016
Expert sees Japan's high level of digital rights offset by public disinclined to curb Big Brother
Japan's restrictions on freedom of expression are growing but its sleepy public might not wake up before it's too late, a U.N. special rapporteur warns.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2016
Abe's revisionist agenda subject of opposing rallies on Constitution Day
Marking the 69th anniversary of the postwar pacifist Constitution, supporters and opponents of constitutional revision held rallies in Tokyo on Tuesday to speak out on their respective causes.
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2016
Obama takes case for Supreme Court pick to home turf of GOP senators up for re-election
President Barack Obama on Monday took the political battle over his pick for a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court to the home states of seven Republican senators up for re-election in November.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2016
Systemic avoidance of political issues by schools keeps youth vote in the dark
Although 2.4 million teens will have a chance to vote in one of Japan's most pivotal elections ever, most are indifferent because politics is widely ignored in class.
EDITORIALS
May 2, 2016
The Constitution, 69 years on
Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to convince the public otherwise, there is no need at this time to revise the pacifist Constitution.

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