Japan's newly-enacted security laws will be challenged as being unconstitutional by a contingency of legal experts who will file lawsuits with district courts across the country, a spokesperson for the group said Monday.
Some 120,000 people rallied and surrounded Japan's parliament building here on Sunday, demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rescind the controversial security bills.
China on Thursday observed its inaugural national Constitution Day, marked by educational efforts to help citizens understand the fundamental law of the land.
The Constitution Day on Dec. 4 will boost Chinese people's awareness of the law and further boost the country's drive to establish the rule of law, says a People's Daily editorial to be published on Thursday.
Ahead of Thursday's inaugural Constitution Day, Chinese President Xi Jinxing has called for more awareness of the Constitution, and better understanding of the role of law.
Japan's House of Councilors on Friday passed a bill to revise the referendum law as part of effort to achieve Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal to amend the pacifist Constitution, local media reported.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advanced his signature goal of formally militarizing the nation based on the findings of a hand-picked panel of constitutional and security experts who have green lit Abe's controversial security directive.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the two other parties which support easing the rules for constitutional amendments are unlikely to secure the two-thirds majority in the upper house required to change the rules, Kyodo News exit polls showed following Sunday's election.
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