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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

A video message from Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is played during a meeting in support of revising the Japanese Constitution in Tokyo on May 3, 2025, the 78th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in support of revising the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2025, the 78th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

A video message from Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is played during a meeting in support of revising the Japanese Constitution in Tokyo on May 3, 2025, the 78th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People march in support of protecting the current Japanese Constitution after staging a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2025, the 78th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People march in support of protecting the current Japanese Constitution after staging a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2025, the 78th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in support of protecting the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2025, the 78th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Over 30,000 people rally in Tokyo to defend Japan's pacifist constitution

STORY: Over 30,000 people rally in Tokyo to defend Japan's pacifist constitution SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): KANEHISA YAMAUCHI, Protester 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): AKIKO NOGAKI, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): SHOICHI ITOH, Protester STORYLINE: More than 30,000 peace-seeking Japanese participated in a massive rally in Tokyo on Friday to defend the country's pacifist constitution, chanting "No constitutional amendments, defend the constitution, protect peace!" Japan marked the 77th memorial day of its pacifist post-war Constitution on May 3. The supreme law's Article 9 renounces war and bans the country from maintaining land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential. However, nowadays, concerns mount among Japanese people regarding the steadfastness in upholding the principles of the war-renouncing constitution. Kanehisa Yamauchi, who just returned

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Japanese rally outside PM residence to protest relaxed arms export control

STORY: Japanese rally outside PM residence to protest relaxed arms export control SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:032:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japanese citizens protesting in front of the Japanese prime minister's residence 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of a local citizen's group named Network Against Japan Arms Trade STORYLINE: Many Japanese protesters, amid heavy rainfall, gathered on Tuesday in front of the prime minister's residence to rally against the government's eased defense equipment transfer rules and further relaxation of arms export control. Seen as a significant defense policy shift and another step contrary to the country's pacifist constitution, the Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to lift the ban on exporting the next-generation fighter jets set to be jointly developed with

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, addresses a rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of revising the Japanese Constitution gather in Tokyo with a video message by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida displayed on the screen on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution march in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of revising the current Japanese Constitution gather in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Japan PM Kishida discusses Constitution with students

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a student event on the proposed revision to the Constitution in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida discusses Constitution with students

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a student event on the proposed revision to the Constitution in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2023.

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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - The body of renowned Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima and a cohort are carried from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ichigaya in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 1970, after he committed ritual suicide following his failed attempt to stage a coup in protest against the country's pacifist Constitution. Mishima, a Nobel literature prize nominee from 1963 to 1968, is known for his works including "Shiosai" (The Sound of Waves) and "Kinkakuji" (The Temple of the Golden Pavilion).

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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken on Nov. 3, 1969, shows Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima at the National Theatre in Tokyo attending an event marking the first anniversary of a nationalist militia he established in protest at the country's pacifist Constitution.(Kyodo)

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Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace

STORY: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace DATELINE: May 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): YUKI IZUMIKAWA, Special researcher, Okinawa University 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): KEN TAKADA, Organizer of the rally 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): Rally participant STORYLINE: Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. People marched with banners like "No going back to pre-war," "No amendments to the Constitution" and "Now more emphasis on Article 9." The Constitution's Article 9 renounces war and prohibits Japan from possessing "war potential" such as military forces. However, as the Japanese government has l

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, addresses a rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-RALLY

(230505) -- TOKYO, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People rally at Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park in Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2023. Some 25,000 Japanese people rallied on Wednesday in Tokyo, calling for peace and protection of Japan's Constitution, including the war-renouncing Article 9, as the country marked the 76th anniversary of its pacifist post-war Constitution. TO GO WITH "Feature: Japanese rally in Tokyo to defend pacifist Constitution, calling for peace" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution march in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of revising the Japanese Constitution gather in Tokyo with a video message by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida displayed on the screen on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of revising the current Japanese Constitution gather in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution stage a rally in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during an interview at his home in Tokyo in July 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe is pictured after attending the award ceremony for the 1994 Nobel Prize recipients in Stockholm in December 1994. Oe, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, known for being a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during a rally protesting against the Japanese government's security policy held in front of the parliament building in Tokyo in September 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe delivers his Nobel lecture at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1994, as he was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for that year. Oe, a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Female lawyer urges greater role for women in politics

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Keiko Ota, seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 9, 2014, calls for women to discuss political issues more actively and vote in elections. Ota has organized various sessions for women to discuss the Japanese Constitution and other political issues in a relaxed manner.

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Japan Diet panel resumes debate on amending Constitution

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Japanese political parties discuss revising the Constitution at an upper house panel in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2017 for the first time since November 2016.

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S. Korea's ex-bigwigs support Japan's pacifist constitution

SEOUL, South Korea - Former political, business and other leaders in South Korea attend a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2014, to support a campaign to nominate the Japanese Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 as a candidate for the Noble Peace Prize.

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Aquino explains backing for Japan's new self-defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - Philippine President Benigno Aquino meets delegates from the Japan National Press Club at the presidential palace in Manila on Nov. 4, 2014. During the meeting, Aquino said he backs the Japanese government's reinterpretation of the Japanese Constitution to allow the exercise of the right of collective self-defense because of the situation Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights have encountered since 2013.

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Seeking Nobel Peace Prize for Japan Constitution

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Naomi Takasu, an executive committee member of a civic group seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, speaks at a press conference in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2014.

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Female lawyer continues 'Constitution Cafe' program

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyer Keiko Ota (L) talks to housewives and other women in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on July 8, 2014, as part of a "Constitution Cafe" program she has launched to increase public awareness of the Japanese Constitution.

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Cabinet OKs collective self-defense, reinterprets Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2014, after the Japanese Cabinet approved reinterpreting the Constitution so the Self-Defense Forces can defend allies under armed attack in collective self-defense. The junior partner in the ruling coalition failed to keep in check Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to enhance the country's role in global security.

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Cabinet OKs collective self-defense, reinterprets Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2014, after his Cabinet approved reinterpreting the Constitution so the Self-Defense Forces can defend allies under armed attack in collective self-defense. The decision marked a departure from Japan's postwar security policy despite criticism that its pacifist credo would be in danger.

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S. Koreans protest reinterpreting Japan Constitution

SEOUL, South Korea - People in South Korea stage a demonstration on July 1, 2014, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul against the Japanese Cabinet's approval on allowing the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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Cabinet OKs collective self-defense, reinterprets Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 1, 2014, after his Cabinet approved reinterpreting the Constitution so the Self-Defense Forces can defend allies under armed attack in collective self-defense. The decision marked a departure from Japan's postwar security policy despite criticism that its pacifist credo would be in danger.

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Cabinet OKs collective self-defense, reinterprets Constitution

SEOUL, South Korea - People in South Korea stage a demonstration on July 1, 2014, in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul against the Japanese Cabinet's approval for reinterpreting the Constitution so the Self-Defense Forces can defend allies under armed attack in collective self-defense. The decision marked a departure from Japan's postwar security policy despite criticism that its pacifist credo would be in danger.

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Demonstrators' pro-Article 9 stance

TOKYO, Japan - People hold up placards with slogans "Don't destroy Article 9," referring to the Japanese Constitution's war-renouncing clause, and "Antiwar" at a public meeting in Tokyo on June 17, 2014, demonstrating against the government's drive to lift Japan's self-imposed ban on exercising the right to collective self-defense.

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Article 9 Association holds 10th anniversary event

TOKYO, Japan - An event is held in Tokyo on June 10, 2014, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Article 9 Association, a civic organization aimed at maintaining the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution.