May 3, 2020

A large majority of voters do not share Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's zeal or urgency with revising the nation's Constitution, according to an Asahi Shimbun poll.

The survey on the Constitution showed that while 72 percent believe that lawmakers do not need to accelerate debate on constitutional amendment, only 22 percent cited the need to do so.

The annual survey was conducted ahead of May 3, Constitution Day, a national holiday. The postwar Constitution, which went into force in 1947, has never been amended.

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