9/11 seen as changing New Komeito, DPJ stance on Constitution

9/11 seen as changing New Komeito, DPJ stance on Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Nakayama (R), chairman of the House of Representatives Research Commission on the Constitution, and Yukio Edano, the commission's deputy chairman, hold a joint press conference in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on April 15 after submitting the commission's final report to amend the Constitution to lower house Speaker Yohei Kono.

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