155th Session

Meeting Meeting Agenda Informants and others
Research Commission on the Constitution
First Meeting
Oct 24, 2002
Resignation of a director and appointment of a substitute director
Research Commission on the Constitution
Second Meeting
Nov 1, 2002
Matters relating to the Interim Report
Research Commission on the Constitution
Third Meeting
Nov 7, 2002
  • Matters relating to a motion for approval of assignment of members to attend Open Hearing
  • Matters relating to the establishment of subcommittees
  • Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
Subcommittee on Japan's Role in International Society
First Meeting
Nov 14, 2002
Matters concerning Japan's role in international society

IWAMA Yoko
Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Subcommittee on Fundamental and Organizational Role of Politics
First Meeting
Nov 14, 2002
Matters concerning the fundamental and organizational role of politics

TAKADA Atsushi
Associate Professor, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University 

Subcommittee on Guarantee of Fundamental Human Rights
First Meeting
Nov 28, 2002
Matters concerning the guarantee of fundamental human rights

KARIYA Takehiko
Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo 

Subcommittee on Local Autonomy
First Meeting
Nov 28, 2002
Matters concerning local autonomy

HOSAKA Kunio
Mayor of Shiki City, Saitama Prefecture 

Open Hearing in Fukuoka City
( Fukuoka Prefecture )
Dec 9, 2002
The Constitution of Japan
(Japan and its constitution in the twenty-first century)

KUSAKABE Yasuhisa
local government body public servant 

GOTO Yorinari,lawyer

NISHIZA Seiki
company employee

HAYASHI Chikara
former Professor, Kyushu Sangyo University

MIYAZAKI Yuko
housewife

ISHIMURA Zenji
Professor Emeritus, Fukuoka University, and former President, Nagasaki Prefectural University

Research Commission on the Constitution
Fourth Meeting
Dec 12, 2002
Matters relating to the Constitution of Japan
  • Report on Fukuoka Open Hearing
  • The chairpersons reported on the progress and summarized the findings of their subcommittees during the current session of the Diet
  • Brainstorming discussions were held concerning the Constitution of Japan