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China's national legislature adopts constitutional amendment

China'sNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC),thenationallegislature,adoptedanamendmenttothecountry'sConstitutiononSunday.LawmakersattheongoingNPCannualsessionagreedthat

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Constitutional revision "important task" for NPC annual session

RevisingpartofChina'sConstitutionisanimportanttaskforthefirstannualsessionofthe13thNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC),China'snationallegislature,aspokespersonsaidSun

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China to amend its Constitution for the fifth time

Chinaissettoamendthecountry’sConstitutionforthefirsttimein14years–andthefifthtimeever–whenthecountry’stoplegislature,theNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC),convenesfo

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CPC proposes change on Chinese president's term in Constitution

TheCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommitteehasproposedtheremovaloftheexpressionthatthePresidentandVice-PresidentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina"shallservenomorethantw

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Abe must now follow up on his words of friendship: China Daily

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbeshouldliveuptohiswordsthathewillseekfriendlinesswithChina,eventhoughhespokeofchangingtheConstitutioninhispolicyaddressontheopening

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"Belt and Road" incorporated into CPC Constitution

TheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)hasincorporatedpushingforBeltandRoaddevelopmentintoitsConstitution,accordingtoaresolutionapprovedbythe19thCPCNationalCongressonTues

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Massive protests held in Japan to mark 2nd anniv. of security laws

Over10,000peopleralliedhereonTuesdaytoprotestagainstthecontroversialsecuritylawsthatwereenactedbytheparliamenttwoyearsagoandthegovernment'sattemptstorevisethepa

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Mass rally held in Tokyo to protest Abe's constitutional change

Citizens attend a protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempts to amend the nation's pacifist Constitution in Tokyo, Japan, on May 3, 2017.

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Faulting term limit, South Korean leader proposes revising Constitution

President Park Geun-hye proposed revising the Constitution on Monday, calling South Korea’s single-term restriction on presidents outdated. Her initiative is the first serious attempt to rewrite the country’s Constitution since it was last amended in 1987 to end decades of military dictatorship.

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Shinzo Abe's LDP to start charter talks in fall

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), fresh from a landslide win in Sunday's Upper House election, is reported to be planning to start talks on revising Japan's post-war Constitution later this year.

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Campaigning for Japan's upper house poll kicks off with economy, Constitution reform on focus

Official campaigning for the July 10 Japanese House of Councillors election kicked off on Wednesday with the ruling coalition that groups the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito Party contesting with the opposition parties over policies on economy and Constitution amendment.

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Japanese political parties' heads debate on key issues ahead of upper house election campaigning

Leaders of Japanese political parties on Tuesday debated on key political and economic issues ahead of the upcoming House of Councillors election slated for July 10, with the ruling camp seeking to gain over two thirds of the seats in the chamber so as to launch a Constitution amendment motion.

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Japan's Democratic Party election campaign platform vows to block Abe's war moves

​Japan's main opposition Democratic Party on Wednesday pledged to block the controversial revision to a key pacifist clause in the Constitution being pitched by the ruling bloc, as the party set out its campaign platform for the upper house election on July 10.

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Massive protests against Abe mark Japan's Constitution Memorial Day

Some 50,000 people rallied in Tokyo on Tuesday on the occasion of the 69th Constitution Memorial Day of Japan to protest against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's unwanted attempts to amend the nation's pacifist Constitution.

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China's Constitution fully enforced: top legislator

China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Wednesday lauded "full and effective enforcement" of the country's Constitution in the past year, as China presses ahead on its rule of law drive.

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EDCA dissenters: Philippines may lose sovereignty

Upholding the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the US means the Philippines gets to strengthen its defenses but loses its sovereignty, according to the four dissenting justices of the Supreme Court.

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India welcomes Nepal's decision to amend new Constitution

India has welcomed recent decisions made by the Nepal government to amend the new Constitution to address demands of the Madhesi parties and resolve prevailing strife in the Terai region of Nepal, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday.