Commentary / Japan | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Feb 25, 2016
The Supreme Court is locked in a war with the Abe administration over the independence of the judicial branch.
National / Politics Feb 18, 2016
Lawmaker draws rebuke, silence after describing Obama as 'slave descendant'
by Tomohiro Osaki
A day after calling U.S. President Barack Obama a "descendant of black slaves," Diet member Kazuya Maruyama is accused by the black community, if not his party, of flirting with racism.
National Feb 11, 2016
Supporters, opponents hold rallies over Constitution revision drive
Supporters and opponents of revising the Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, staged rallies in Tokyo on Thursday in the wake of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to amend Japan's supreme law. A group of organizations, including the national association of Shinto shrines, held an ...
National / Politics | FOCUS Feb 8, 2016
Abe to use North Korea rocket launch to promote constitutional change
by Ko Hirano
North Korea's launch Sunday of what it says was a satellite may increase public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's more robust security policy and promote public debate about his calls for amending the Constitution, according to some experts. Abe is expected to use what ...
National / Politics Feb 4, 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday the government is considering expanding the role of the Ground Self-Defense Force in a U.N. mission in South Sudan in line with Japan's new security legislation that will take effect in March. "Since the legislation has been passed, we ...
National / Politics Feb 3, 2016
Abe explicit in call for amendment to Constitution's Article 9
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for changing the war-renouncing Article 9, citing a contradiction between the SDF and a ban on armed forces.
Commentary / Japan Jan 29, 2016
by Hugh Cortazzi
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would be better off working on real-life problems like the stagnant economy than worrying about changing the Constitution, which has served Japan so well.
Commentary / Japan Jan 27, 2016
Rallying to stop Abe from gutting Japan's democracy
by Jiro Yamaguchi
Shinzo Abe is treading dangerously close to shutting down freedom of the press and expression, and the opposition must come together to stop his drive to alter the Constitution.
Reference | EXPLAINER Jan 11, 2016
Abe's constitutional revision hopes ride on July election, right-leaning opposition cooperation
by Reiji Yoshida
Japan's postwar pacifism will face a critical challenge this year that could drastically change the course of this country forever: the July Upper House election.
National / Politics Jan 10, 2016
Abe invites Osaka Ishin tieup in quest to revise Constitution
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he is willing to work to revise the pacifist Constitution with Toru Hashimoto's opposition party Osaka Ishin no Kai.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jan 9, 2016
Different-names ruling leaves door open to possibility of same-sex marriages
by Philip Brasor
While the Supreme Court ruling said there is nothing unconstitutional about compelling married couples to register under one name, they didn't expressly limit marriage to a man and a woman.