Abe unveils plan to amend Constitution, put into force in 2020

A video message from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is shown at a gathering in Tokyo on May 3, 2017, to mark the 70th anniversary of the postwar Constitution coming into force. Abe unveiled a plan to seek a first-ever change to the Constitution, bidding to see the revision take effect in 2020, a specific time frame not publicly mentioned before. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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