TOKYO -- Nearly 40,000 peace-seeking Japanese participated in a rally in a park in Tokyo on Constitution Memorial Day on Saturday, calling for honoring the country's pacifist constitution and ...

TOKYO -- Nearly 40,000 peace-seeking Japanese participated in a rally in a park in Tokyo on Constitution Memorial Day on Saturday, calling for honoring the country's pacifist constitution and ...

In contrast, the Japanese Emperor does require a visa for state visits, though he does not have an official passport. The constitution of Japan recognizes the Emperor as a symbol of the state ...

while a record-low percentage of respondents said there is no need to revise Japan's post-war Constitution. The new Asahi Shimbun poll showed that 53 percent support revising the Constitution ...

Japanese experts urged greater public scrutiny of the country's rising defense spending and large-scale military buildup, ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit calling on the central government to pay 16.5 million yen ($112,000) in ...

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

Japanese visitors attend an exhibition in Yokohama from May 2-6, 2025 on the Imperial Japanese Army's chemical warfare crimes ...

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

People holding placards denouncing the violation of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution in Tokyo on December 16, 2022.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his desire to seek the country's first-ever revision of the pacifist Constitution, as Japan marked the 78th anniversary of its coming into force with no ...

Japan views Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a failure of global deterrence – and a wake-up call. On Yonaguni island, just ...