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Prime Minister Takaichi, Who Is Rushing to Revise the Constitution, Has Narrowed Her Calculations to "Eliminating the Combined Electoral Districts" and "State of Emergency," but She Is Still Haunted by the Extremely High Risk of "Rejection → resignation."
Prime Minister Takaichi has postponed the "explicit mention of the Self-Defense Forces" in Article 9 of the Constitution, one of the four constitutional amendment items, and is focusing on the "emergency powers clause" and the "elimination of combined electoral districts for the House of Councillors," aiming to initiate these amendments in the Diet and hold a national referendum next year. What are the ulterior motives behind this?
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Prime Minister Takaichi has postponed the "explicit mention of the Self-Defense Forces" in Article 9 of the Constitution, one of the four constitutional amendment items, and is focusing on the "emergency powers clause" and the "elimination of combined electoral districts for the House of Councillors," aiming to initiate these amendments in the Diet and hold a national referendum next year. What are the ulterior motives behind this?