Introduction of ‘emergency clause’ to Constitution unacceptable as it leads to authoritarian abuse of power

For more than 80 years since the end of the war, as was the case with the 2011 Great East Japan Disaster and the corona pandemic, there has been no situation too difficult to be addressed due to the lack of an emergency clause in the Constitution.

Amid public protest, bill leading to intensification of general public surveillance becomes law

Despite public protest, a bill on the creation of a “national intelligence council” aimed at enhancing the government’s intelligence capabilities was approved and enacted in the House of Councillors plenary session.

Gov’t plans to raise number of beds at SDF hospitals while cutting number of beds available to general public

It has emerged that the Ministry of Defense intends to significantly increase the number of hospital beds at major Self-Defense Forces hospitals nationwide in preparation for potential conflict in the Nansei (southwest) islands.