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Just over 40 percent in Japan are supportive of efforts to revise the war-renouncing Article 9 of the nation’s Constitution, while over half oppose, a poll showed Wednesday.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advocated amending the top…

As use of the Gregorian calendar has become more prevalent in the postwar period, some see the Japanese era system — which has been in use for more than 1,300 years — as unnecessary and no longer relevant to modern society.Some…

A Tokyo court on Monday upheld a national law that forces couples to use the same surname upon marriage, rejecting claims over its unconstitutionality.The lawsuit against the central government was brought by Yoshihisa Aono, the…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe renewed his commitment Sunday to amending Japan’s U.S.-drafted pacifist Constitution, one of his key policy goals and a decades-old pledge of his ruling party.Abe has maintained his desire to amend the…

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been attempting to find more allies in his bid to revise the pacifist Article 9 of the Constitution, but instead has found himself facing a barrage of criticism, which could make his long-held ambition…

WASHINGTON - If President Donald Trump declares an emergency to build the wall with Mexico, he still needs money to pay for it. And shifting money from other accounts to deliver the $5.7 billion he wants is not without political…

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday adopted a concise plan for its long-cherished goal of revising the nation’s pacifist Constitution at its annual convention, apparently in consideration of local and national elections…

Take a quick look at Japan’s political calendar for 2019. It’s shaping up to be one heck of a year.There will be nationwide local elections in mid-April, which will be followed by Emperor Akihito’s historic abdication at the end of…

Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi set a two-year timeline to revise the postwar security treaty with the United States as a precursor to an amendment of the pacifist Constitution, according to diplomatic records declassified…