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Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume that examines the history of Japan's constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, history and activism, and activists' ties to party politics and fellow activists overseas.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• The Constitution of Japan
• Chronology of Events Related to Constitutional Revision in Japan
• Introduction
• Part I ACTIVISM AND CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICS
• Chapter One Article 9 Meets Civic Activism
• Chapter Two Crisis of Constitutional Democracy and the New Civic Activism in Japan
• Chapter Three Popular Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Money
• Chapter Four “Constitutional Revision” Inside and Outside the National Diet
• Chapter Five Reflections on Part I
• Part II ACTIVISTS FOR AND AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
• Chapter Six New Civic Activism and Constitutional Discussion
• Chapter Seven Reviving Constitutional Democracy
• Chapter Eight Soka Gakkai’s Impact on Constitutional Revision Attempts
• Chapter Nine Nippon Kaigi Working for Constitutional Revision
• Chapter Ten Reflections on Part II
• Part III UNDERSTANDING JAPANESE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
• Chapter Eleven Interactions between Constitutionalism and Authoritarianism in Asian Democracies
• Chapter Twelve Peace, Land, and Bread
• Chapter Thirteen Constitutional Revision Going Astray
• Chapter Fourteen Reflections on Part III
• Part IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IMPLICATED IN CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION DEBATES
• Chapter Fifteen Wartime Roots of Postwar Pacifism
• Chapter Sixteen Do as Democracy Demands
• Chapter Seventeen Everything’s Going to Be Alright?
• Chapter Eighteen Reflections on Part IV
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors