Pro-Constitution campaigners attack PM Abe's defense policy

Pro-Constitution campaigners attack PM Abe's defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - People march in downtown Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, to protest against the defense policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to the Dec. 14 general election.

Pro-Constitution rally held on 60th anniversary of enforcement

Pro-Constitution rally held on 60th anniversary of enforcement

TOKYO, Japan - People opposing moves toward constitutional revision march through Tokyo's Ginza district on May 3, the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of Japan's postwar Constitution.

Pro-Constitution scholar Kobayashi's group losing in upper house race

Pro-Constitution scholar Kobayashi's group losing in upper house race

Constitutional scholar Setsu Kobayashi is seen in Nagoya on July 10, 2016, after losing in his attempt to gain a seat in the House of Councillors in the election that day for his political group to help block amendments to the pacifist supreme law. Kobayashi, a 67-year-old professor emeritus at Keio University, leads the "Kokumin Ikari no Koe" (Angry Voice of the People) group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel laureate Oe attends pro-Constitution rally

Nobel laureate Oe attends pro-Constitution rally

Kenzaboro Oe, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature, addresses a rally held by the pro-constitutional Article 9 Association in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2015. Oe is one of the nine founders of the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pro-Constitution rally held on 60th anniversary of enforcement

Pro-Constitution rally held on 60th anniversary of enforcement

TOKYO, Japan - People opposing moves toward constitutional revision march through Tokyo's Ginza district on May 3, the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of Japan's postwar Constitution. (Kyodo)

Pro-Constitution campaigners attack PM Abe's defense policy

Pro-Constitution campaigners attack PM Abe's defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - People march in downtown Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, to protest against the defense policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to the Dec. 14 general election. (Kyodo)

Pro-Constitution group registers with election authorities

Pro-Constitution group registers with election authorities

Former welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma of the Democratic Party meets with reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2017, after registering the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, launched by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, with election authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pro-Constitution group registers with election authorities

Pro-Constitution group registers with election authorities

Former welfare minister Akira Nagatsuma of the Democratic Party meets with reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2017, after registering the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, launched by former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, with election authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Doi calls on pro-Constitution forces to join hands in poll

Doi calls on pro-Constitution forces to join hands in poll

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party (SDP) leader Takako Doi calls on pro-Constitution forces to join hands in the next House of Representatives election, on Feb. 26 at an annual party convention in Tokyo.