151st Session

Meeting Meeting Agenda Informants and others
First Meeting
Feb 8, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
(A vision for Japan in the 21st century)

NISHIZAWA Junichi
President, Iwate Prefectural University

TAKAHASHI Susumu
Professor, University of Tokyo

Second Meeting
Feb 22, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
(A vision for Japan in the 21st century)

HAYASHIZAKI Yoshihide
Project Director, Genome Exploration Research Group,Genomic Sciences Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)

OGAWA Naohiro
Professor, College of Economics, Nihon University; Deputy Director, Nihon University Population Research Institute (NUPRI)

Third Meeting
Mar 8, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
(A vision for Japan in the 21st century)

SON Masayoshi
President and Chief Executive Officer, Softbank Corporation

Fourth Meeting
Mar 22, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
(A vision for Japan in the 21st century)

SAKAMOTO Takao
Professor Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University

KANG Sanjung
Professor Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies, University of Tokyo

Open Hearing in Sendai City
April 16, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan

TEJIMA Norio
Chairman, Sendai Association of Corporate Executives

KANO Fuminaga
Mayor of Kashimadai Town, Miyagi Prefecture

SHIMURA Kensuke
Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University

TANAKA Hidemichi
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University

ODANAKA Toshiki
Professor, School of Law, Senshu University, and Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University

KUBOTA Manae
Representative, Women's Net to Support 1946 Constitution

YONETANI Mitsumasa
Associate Professor, Tohoku Fukushi University

HAMADA Takehito
Instructor, Hirosaki Gakuin Seiai High School

ENDO Masanori
Instructor, Senshu University Kitakami Senior High School, and Representative of the Shimin Study Association

SAITO Takako
Chairwoman, Peace Activity Committee, Miyagi Consumers' Co-operative Society

Fifth Meeting
Apr 26, 2001
Report on Sendai Open Hearing
Sixth Meeting
May 17, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
(A vision for Japan in the 21st century)

KIMURA Yoko
Member of the Local Finance Council

OHKUMA Yoshikazu
Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University

Open Hearing in Kobe City
Jun 4, 2001
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
(A vision for Japan in the 21st century)

KAIHARA Toshitami
Governor of Hyogo Prefecture

SHIBAO Susumu, Mayor of Kawanishi City

SASAYAMA Kazutoshi, Mayor of Kobe City

OHMAE Shigeo
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ohmae Gakuin

URABE Noriho
Vice President of Kobe University, Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University

NAKAKITA Ryutaro, Lawyer

HASHIMOTO Akio
Chairman of Hyogo Prefecture Medical Association

KOKUBO Masao
Mayor of Hokudan Town,Hyogo Prefecture

TSUKAMOTO Hideki, Corporate executive

NAKATA Narishige
Associate Professor, Osaka Institute of Technology

Seventh Meeting
Jun 14, 2001
  • Report on Kobe Open Hearing
  • Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
Brainstorming discussions were held concerning the Constitution of Japan