The Constitutional Revision Research Project seeks to follow, analyze, and document constitutional discussion in Japan.
Mainichi ShimbunThe Constitution of Japan (also known as the Postwar Constitution) went into effect in 1947, replacing the Meiji Constitution of 1890. It is recognized as the oldest unamended constitution in the world as of 2022, having never undergone revision in over 70 years since its promulgation. Throughout this time, constitutional revision has become an important subject of vigorous debate and discussion in Japan and around the world.*
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Civic Group Announces New Draft of Constitutional Article 9 and Mock National Referendum to Be Held Online in January (September 25)
September–October 2026
The organizers of the “Citizens’ Dialogue Project on <Renouncing War (非戦) and Engaging in War (交戦)>,” a civic group that rejects the reinterpretation of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, held a press conference in Tokyo on the 25th and announced that approximately 60 people who applied to participate in the project will discuss and draft a new version of Article 9. They plan to hold a mock national referendum online next January. [...]
*October 12: The group posted on its official website a message from the project’s initiators and advocate that had been distributed at the press conference.
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