{"id":16331,"date":"2026-05-03T09:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/16331\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:14:32","slug":"japanese-pm-reaffirms-intention-to-revise-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/16331\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese PM reaffirms intention to revise Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2a612a160d68dea2532fa7cc47444e5f.png\"\/>Japan&#8217;s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to media at her official residence in Tokyo, Japan April 8, 2026. (PHOTO \/ REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">TOKYO &#8211; Japanese Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadailyasia.com\/hk\/article\/632231#36,000-protesters-rally-in-Tokyo-against-Japan-PM-Takaichi&#039;s-push-to-revise-constitution-2026-04-20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sanae Takaichi<\/a>, on Sunday, the country&#8217;s Constitution Memorial Day, reaffirmed her intention to revise the Constitution, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Speaking in a video message to a gathering of revision proponents, Takaichi stressed that the postwar supreme law, which serves as the foundation of the country, &#8220;should be periodically updated in accordance with the demands of the times,&#8221; Kyodo News reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadailyasia.com\/hk\/article\/632904#China-blasts-rise-of-Japan&#039;s-neo-militarism-on-Tokyo-Trials-anniversary-2026-05-03\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China blasts rise of Japan&#8217;s neo-militarism on Tokyo Trials anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Takaichi said that her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would &#8220;advance discussions in the Diet (Japan&#8217;s parliament) aimed at reaching decisions while securing the cooperation of other parties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Japan&#8217;s Constitution, which took effect in 1947, is often referred to as the pacifist Constitution because its Article 9 renounces war as a sovereign right and prohibits Japan from possessing &#8220;war potential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadailyasia.com\/hk\/article\/632732#Tokyo&#039;s-trajectory-toward-repetition-of-past-mistakes-calls-for-regional-opposition--2026-04-29\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo&#8217;s trajectory toward repetition of past mistakes calls for regional opposition<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Takaichi is pushing for the first-ever change to the Constitution. According to Kyodo News, possible amendments include revisions to Article 9, the clause widely seen as the cornerstone of Japan&#8217;s postwar pacifist stance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Just weeks ago, at an LDP convention on April 12, Takaichi declared that &#8220;the time has come&#8221; to reform the Constitution, saying that &#8220;we would like to hold next year&#8217;s convention with a proposal for a constitutional amendment in sight,&#8221; a move that has triggered deep concern and large-scale protests in Japan.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to media at her official residence in Tokyo, Japan April 8, 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1017,2894,234,8,236,13143,13144,4713],"class_list":{"0":"post-16331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japan","8":"tag-article-9","9":"tag-constitution","10":"tag-diet","11":"tag-japan","12":"tag-ldp","13":"tag-pacifict","14":"tag-revise","15":"tag-sana-takaichi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}