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The 77th Constitution Day has come. Japan’s Constitution has never been amended since it was enacted in 1947, and the original text remains unchanged to this day. In the past, revisions to the ...

Fifty-eight years ago, on May 3, 1947, the postwar Constitution of Japan came into effect. Today this new national charter, underscored by its pacifist principles, is broadly accepted by the Japanese ...

Japan Soon Will Have More Aggressive Military by Reinterpreting Constitution ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making amending the pacifist, U.S.-drafted constitution one focus of his ruling party's campaign for July's upper house election. He hopes ...

TOKYO (AP) ― Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution Saturday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored a victory in his drive to rewrite Japan's pacifist constitution and ease its limits on military actions overseas on Monday when parliament enacted a ...