YASUOKA Okiharu, Liberal Democratic Party

EDANO Yukio, Democratic Party of Japan and Club of Independents

SAITO Tetsuo, New Komeito

KASAI Akira, Japanese Communist Party

TSUJIMOTO Kiyomi, Social Democratic Party

TAKI Makoto, People's New Party

ISHIMURA Eijiro
Managing Director, NHK (Japan's public broadcasting corporation)

HORI Tetsuzo
Director and chairman of Committee on News Reporting, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan

YAMA Ryokichi
chairman of the committee on editorial ethics, Japan Magazine Publishers Association

SUZUKI Tetsu
chairman of the special committee on personal information and human rights, Japan Magazine Publishers Association

KATSUMI Ryosuke
senior managing director, Japan Magazine Publishers Association

NARAZAKI Kenji
Chairman, Editorial Subcommittee, Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association (Deputy Chief, Editorial Bureau, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo Head Office)

ISHII Tsutomu
Vice Chairman, Editorial Subcommittee, Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association (Assistant to Managing Editor, Editorial Division, The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Head Office)

FUJIWARA Ken
Member, Editorial Subcommittee, Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association (General Affairs, Editorial Department, The Mainichi Newspapers Tokyo Head Office)

KOBAYASHI Setsu
Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University, and attorney-at-law

ITO Makoto
President, Ito Juku (bar examination prep school), and Director, Japan Institute of Constitutional Law

• Matters relating to a national referendum system for constitutional amendment and the Constitution of Japan
• Bill for Law Concerning Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan (presented by Mr. YASUOKA Okiharu and four others: House of Representatives Bill No. 30)
• Bill for Law Concerning Initiation Procedures and National Referendums for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan and Other Important Matters of State (presented by Mr. EDANO Yukio and three others: House of Representatives Bill No. 31)

AMANO Yukichi, Columnist

YAMADA Yoshiaki
Member, Broadcast Standard Review Board, Chairman, Broadcasting Ethics Sub-Committee, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan

• Bill for Law Concerning Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan (presented by Mr. YASUOKA Okiharu and four others: House of Representatives Bill No. 30)
• Bill for Law Concerning Initiation Procedures and National Referendums for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan and Other Important Matters of State (presented by Mr. EDANO Yukio and three others: House of Representatives Bill No. 31)
• Matters related to investigation when the Diet is not in session