Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2023.09.14 (Thu)

【#1070】Draft Emergency Clauses to Amend Constitution at Autumn Diet Session

September 11, 2023 　 Since the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party two years ago, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has reiterated his pledge to amend the constitution during his...

2021.12.29 (Wed)

【#868】Welcoming Panel Report Suggesting Ways to Preserve Male Imperial Line in Japan

December 27, 2021 　 A government panel of experts on stable imperial succession in Japan and other relevant issues submitted its final report to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on December 22. Epoch...

2021.12.09 (Thu)

【#861】Suffrage for Foreigners in the Name of Local Referendum Voting Rights

December 6, 2021 　 The suburban Tokyo city of Musashino is about to enact a local referendum ordinance that admits voting rights for foreigners. This is an ordinance for suffrage for foreigners in t...

2020.12.10 (Thu)

【#744(Special)】Next Year Being Crucial for Constitutional Amendments

December 7, 2020 　 The Japanese National Diet ended an extraordinary session on December 5 without revising this time again the National Referendum Act that provides for constitutional amendment p...

2020.06.16 (Tue)

【#690】Diet Should Promote Deliberations on Constitution during Recess

June 15, 2020 　 While the National Diet is set to end its ordinary session on June 17, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties are requesting to extend the session....

2020.05.11 (Mon)

【#678】Why Is Emergency Clause Required in Constitution?

May 7, 2020 　 People who oppose a proposal for inserting an emergency clause into the constitution assert that laws other than the constitution can respond to any emergency. Is this assertion true? ...

2020.02.05 (Wed)

【#655(Special)】New Epidemic Shows Need for Emergency Clause in Constitution

February 3, 2020 　 The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus that broke out in Wuhan, Hebei Province, China, exceeded 10,000 in China as of February 2, including more than 300 who die...

2019.04.04 (Thu)

【#584(Special)】New Era Name Is Welcome but Procedure Was Problematic

April 2, 2019 　　　　　A new era name was announced amid a nationwide fever in Japan, brushing away concerns about a tendency to avoid using the imperial era name or “gengo.” The new era name replacin...

2018.08.22 (Wed)

【#536】Hoping Emperor May Visit Yasukuni Shrine Next Spring

August 20, 2018 　　　　　On August 15, the last war-end anniversary in the Heisei Era, 50 lawmakers belonging to a “Diet Members’ Group for Visiting the Yasukuni Shrine” visited Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrin...

2016.04.21 (Thu)

【#368】It’s Time for Emergency Legislation Including Constitutional Amendment

April 18, 2016 　　　　　When a major earthquake hit Kumamoto Prefecture in western Japan in mid-April, the Abe cabinet made a quick response. In five minutes after the first quake, it set up an emerge...