日本の憲法改正論の行方について : 現状路線を踏まえて

抄録

It has passed 59 years since the Japanese constitution was promulgated. It seems to be about the time to revise the constitution, judging from our public opinion. The Liberal Democratic Party has recently publicized their constitutional revision draft. According to the draft, the virtual article that is the article 9 has been altered in order to enable Japan to wage in war for her self defense. The collective self defense for the international contribution to maintain peace is not expressly written for the reason that this type of war is deemed a positive military action. In other words, the so-called self defense war which is deemed a passive military action is only specified in the draft of the article 9. Mass media have partially criticized the contents of the draft, and preseved their critical attitudes that even though such constitutional revision bill as the draft advocated by the Liberal Democratic Party may be passed by the Diet, it must be further approved by the people of Japan. That is a reason why the consensus of the people should be reflected to the revision bill.