Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution Saturday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for an ...

Tokyo, May 3 (efe_epa). — Japan celebrates on Tuesday the Day of the Constitution, which came into force 69 years ago, amid growing debate on the reform of the Constitution that supports the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution Saturday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

The Constitution of Japan had come into force on May 3, 1947, and the day has since become a public holiday. Constitution Memorial Day is a part of the Golden Week in Japan when four national ...

Citizens supporting and opposing a revision of Japan's Constitution held their respective events in Tokyo on Constitution Day on Saturday. Those against amending the national charter gathered in a ...

The survey, conducted ahead of Constitution Day on May 3, ... The Constitution, drafted during the U.S.-led postwar occupation of Japan, has never been revised since it went into force in 1947.

Constitution Day in the 80th year after World War II comes while the world is being hit by strong winds that appear to rewind the clock in units of centuries back to a time when naked authority ...

TOKYO — Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution Saturday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ...