Subject of the Hearings
Bill for Law Concerning Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of
Japan (submitted by Mr. YASUOKA Okiharu and five 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)
Open hearings were held concerning the two abovementioned bills in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture and Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. After statements were heard from speakers, questions were put to them.
Participating members from the Committee:
- NAKAYAMA Taro, Head of Mission and Chairman (Liberal Democratic Party)
- AICHI Kazuo, Director (Liberal Democratic Party)
- FUNADA Hajime, Director (Liberal Democratic Party)
- EDANO Yukio, Director (Democratic Party of Japan and Club of Independents)
- SONODA Yasuhiro, Director (Democratic Party of Japan and Club of Independents)
- AKAMATSU Masao, Director (New Komeito)
- ISHII Keiichi, Member (New Komeito)
- KASAI Akira, Member (Japanese Communist Party)
- TSUJIMOTO Kiyomi, Member (Social Democratic Party)
- ITOKAWA Masaaki (People's New Party and Group of Independents)
Speakers:
Open Hearing in Niigata City
- TAMURA Shigeru, Associate Professor, Niigata Law School
- BABA Yasushi, President, Niigata Bar Association
- FUJIO Akira, Professor Emeritus, Niigata University
- OCHI Toshio, Professor, Department of Information Culture, Niigata University of International and Information Studies
Open Hearing in Osaka City
- IMAI Hajime, journalist and Secretary General of the Referendum Information Office
- NAKANO Kansei, President, Research Institute for New Age Policies
- YOSHIDA Eiji, Professor, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
- NAKAKITA Ryutaro, Attorney-at-law
For a summary of the statements made by the speakers and the questions put to them, see the report on the open hearing in the proceedings of the Special Committee for Research on the Constitution of Japan (Fourth Meeting) on March 29, 2007.