Lawsuit seeking to invalidate July Upper House election nixed for second time
For the second time in less than a week, a high court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the July Upper House election over the disparity in the value of votes in the most and least represented constituencies. The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya ...
9/11: the day Japan's Supreme Court went (slightly) postal
How the Supreme Court dealt with its mail problem says much about the way the law works in Japan.
Japan defense chief Inada gets up-close look at South Sudan security situation
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada arrived in South Sudan on Saturday to assess whether Self-Defense Forces personnel deployed there on a U.N. peacekeeping operation are ready to be assigned controversial new missions involving heightened risk. Inada, who flew into the capital, Juba, in the afternoon, was ...
Abe sidesteps opposition grilling on LDP's draft constitution
Abe refuses to respond to criticism of the LDP’s 2012 draft constitution in a move DP leader Renho calls “dumbfounding.”
Abe opens extra Diet session, urging action on Constitution and TPP
Abe gets a 66-day extraordinary Diet session underway with a speech vowing additional fiscal measures for the economy.
As Diet opens, emboldened Abe sets sights on constitutional revision
After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s victory in July’s election, all eyes are now on just how serious he is about pursuing his goal of amending the pacifist Constitution.
A full-scale debate on the Constitution needs to begin with a discussion on the significance of Japan's wartime defeat and the postwar reforms, and involve historical and philosophical explorations on the nation's postwar path.
Japan fumbles for the legal path to an 'Emprexit'
The obvious route to allowing Emperor Akihito's abdication would involve amending the Imperial Household Law, not constitutional change.
The 2012 draft constitution remains a heavy burden on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pursuit of revising the nation's supreme law while he's in office.
Risking political suicide, LDP veteran Funada challenges Abe over Constitution
Like other Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, Hajime Funada is a strong proponent of amending the postwar Constitution, but not the way Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants.
The flip side of coveted public-sector jobs in Japan: fewer rights
Laws restrict government workers' constitutional rights to organize, bargain and take collective action.
With deft political move, Japan's Emperor seeks to cement the role he created
Could the Emperor's raising of the issue of possible abdication be a move designed to stave off constitutional revision?
