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Japan Association of Corporate Executives 経済同友会

This website states that the current constitution no longer conforms to today’s world. Dealing with foreign major disasters and terrorism, and protecting the international order will be essential to the protection of Japan’s prosperity and security. It should not hesitate to revise Article 9 in order to ensure its national security. Japan should also include articles for national emergency in its revised constitution; clarify the scope of citizens' rights; and discuss the process of constitutional revision.

 

Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry 日本商工会議所

This website states that Japan should respect the three principles of the current constitution: popular sovereignty, fundamental human rights, and pacifism but make the following revisions: add a sense of Japanese solidarity and identity to the Preamble; specify the right of self-defense and maintenance of the military; clarify the restriction of citizens' rights regarding public welfare; specify the development of local autonomous bodies; and nurture a sense of nationality among students through a revised Fundamental Law of Education.