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 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday expressed his desire to seek the country's first-ever revision of the pacifist ...

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 ...

Weak political leadership, traditional sensitivity around the issue, and new policy priorities have forestalled a larger ...

Japan marked its 78th Constitution Memorial Day on May 3 as the post-World War II international order is shaken to its core ...

Citizens opposed to revising Japan's Constitution rallied in Koto Ward, while advocates of a constitutional amendment held an ...

Around 52 percent of voters said Japan’s postwar Constitution is “good,” down from 58 percent last year, while another 52 percent said revisions are needed, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey.

A majority of respondents in an annual nationwide poll continue to support constitutional revision, while a record-low ...

The court's ruling is the fifth decision to call Japan's same-sex marriage ban a violation of the country's constitution following similar rulings in the high courts of Sapporo, Tokyo, Fukuoka and ...