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 ...

For most of the last seventy years, Japan’s political parties have been at odds over the constitution, making revision impossible. The conservatives in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“It is more important than ever to further heighten momentum toward constitutional revision,” Kishida said in the message on May 3, Japan’s Constitution Day. “A stance for revising parts ...

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 ...

Talking to Dawn during his visit to Swat, he highlighted how Buddhist teachings from Gandhara inspired Japan’s Seventeen-Article Constitution, created by Prince Shotoku in 604 CE. “Gandhara ...