Meeting Agenda
Bill for Law Concerning Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of
Japan (submitted by Mr. YASUOKA Okiharu and four others: 164th Session
of the Diet, 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 (submitted by Mr. EDANO Yukio and three others: 164th Session
of the Diet, House of Representatives Bill No. 31)
After statements were heard from Informants Mr. WATANABE Kojiro, Mr. YAMADA Yoshiaki, Mr. IMAI Hajime, Mr. YOSHIOKA Keisuke and Mr. YAMADA Kenta concerning matters related to media restrictions and public information activities as contained in the two abovementioned bills, discussion ensued.
Informants:
- WATANABE Kojiro, Member, News Reporting Committee, Chairman, News Reporting Sub-Committee, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan
- YAMADA Yoshiaki, Member, Broadcast Standard Review Board, Chairman, Broadcasting Ethics Sub-Committee, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan
- IMAI Hajime, Journalist and Secretary General of the Group of Citizens for Making Proper National Referendum Rules
- YOSHIOKA Keisuke, Vice President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
- SUGANUMA Ichio, Chief Secretary, Committee on Constitutional Law, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
- YAMADA Kenta, Associate Professor, School of Literature, Senshu University
For summaries of informants' statements and discussions, see the report of the Chairman of the Subcommittee contained in the proceedings of the Special Committee for Research on the Constitution of Japan (Fifth Meeting).