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A House of Representatives panel on the Constitution held its first meeting in the ongoing session of the Diet on Thursday, resuming talks on a bill to revise the national referendum law.At the Commission on the Constitution…

The ruling bloc is facing difficulty enacting a law revision to make national referendums on constitutional amendments more convenient during the current Diet session ending June 17.In the Diet, the House of Representatives…

PETALING JAYA - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he is willing to be sacked as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chairman but this must follow party constitution, adding that he must be invited to the party supreme leadership council (MPT)…

OSAKA – May 3 marked 73 years since the Constitution took effect. Long-standing arguments over the future of war-renouncing Article 9 have often marked past celebrations on this day. But due to the coronavirus, a different proposal…

Taipei, May 3 (CNA) The Polish Office in Taipei, Poland's official representative in Taiwan, highlighted the central European nation's relationship with Taiwan as it marks its Constitution Day on Sunday.In a video message posted on…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday expressed regret for failing to realize his goal of bringing about by 2020 a first-ever amendment to Japan’s pacifist Constitution.But in a message released on the 73rd anniversary of the supreme…

Japan is divided over whether it should amend its Constitution, introducing an emergency clause to give more power to the Cabinet at a time of a major disaster at the risk of restricting people’s rights, a recent survey has…

YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA PREF. – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday again expressed his eagerness to add a clause on the existence of the Self-Defense Forces to the Constitution.“We must create an environment in which the SDF personnel…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked 3,000 days in office on Thursday, a new landmark for the longest-serving Japanese leader, though his term has been overshadowed by the new coronavirus taking a toll on the country’s economy.Combined…

MOSCOW – The Russian lower house of parliament on Wednesday gave its definitive and overwhelming approval to constitutional changes that allow Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024, something the current constitution…

The high court has decided that Aboriginal Australians are not aliens for the purpose of the constitution, a major defeat for the deportation powers of Peter Dutton’s home affairs department and a significant development in the rights…

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new government on Tuesday which he described as a break with the past, bringing in some fresh faces but retaining many senior ministers.The new government included a new economy…

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to Parliament a package of constitutional amendments widely seen as an attempt to secure his grip on power well after his current term ends in 2024.Putin first presented the…

The odds are high that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be put on the defensive heading into the ordinary Diet session, as opposition party lawmakers appear to have plenty of ammunition to use against him.Despite his increased calls…

Days before the opening of this year’s ordinary Diet session, Lower and Upper House security committees held special sessions focusing on Japan’s controversial dispatch of a naval unit to the sea off Oman and Yemen amid still-high…

President Vladimir Putin has engineered a surprise shake-up of Russia’s leadership, proposing changes to the constitution that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024.Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned his post…

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…

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…