For over seventy years, Japan’s constitution has remained untouched, a symbol of a reformed nation and a democratic society. Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II ...

But even he could not have imagined that a few months later, his young American staff would write an entirely new constitution, one that has governed Japanese affairs ever since without the change ...

It is unacceptable for Japan to allow this serious problem, created by constitutional holes, to remain unaddressed. The title of Chapter 3 of the Constitution, which defines the basic human rights ...

Outside of Japan, misconceptions about Japan’s constitutional debate abound, often driven by the headlines of the moment. To help understand the complexity of this Japanese conversation, Sheila A.

A court in Japan has ruled that the disparity of up to 2.06 times in the value of one vote in the Lower House election last ...

It was in that spirit that I wanted Japan’s leaders to revise the constitution which the Americans had imposed on them and so finally take her place among the mighty nations arrayed under the ...

The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan feels there is no need to write in the SDF in the Constitution, but it is not opposed to holding discussions on amending other parts.

A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that the disparity in the weight of votes of up to 2.06-fold in the House of Representa ...

The plaintiffs had argued that Japan's civil law violates the Constitution by failing to recognize same-sex marriage. They said the Constitution stipulates freedom of marriage as well as equality ...