Subcommittee (Third Meeting)

Thursday, November 16, 2006

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. KOBAYASHI Setsu, Mr. TAKAMI Katsutoshi and Mr. IGUCHI Shusaku concerning matters related to the Constitution Examination Board and other revisions to the Diet Law contained in the two abovementioned bills, discussions ensued.

Informants:

  • KOBAYASHI Setsu, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University, and attorney-at-law
  • TAKAMI Katsutoshi, Professor, Graduate Division of Law, Sophia University
  • IGUCHI Shusaku, Assistant Professor, Law School, Daito Bunka 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 (Sixth Meeting), November 30, 2006.