In reference to constitutional revision, a certain former prime minister once said to the effect, “The German Weimar Constitution became the Nazi Germany Constitution without anyone noticing the change. Why don’t we learn from their tactics?”

Made in 2013 and retracted a few days later, the comment was beyond deplorable.

And now, I am having serious doubts about the government’s capacity to comprehend the true meaning of “national consensus,” or, the will of the people.

Following the issuance of a document that was touted as the “consensus of the legislature” regarding the Imperial House Law’s revision, the government came up with a draft amendment bill to the law that........

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