By KAZUO IKEJIRI/ Staff Writer
July 11, 2022 at 01:23 JST
Ichiro Matsui, right, head of Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party), appears at a July 10 news conference along with Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura, the deputy party head. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
The prospect of a national referendum being held on revising the Constitution moved closer to reality after four parties in favor of amendment won enough seats in the July 10 Upper House election to forge the two-thirds majority needed in the chamber to initiate such momentous change. [Read More]
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