Abstract
During the administration of Junichiro Koizumi (2001–2006), Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) pushed its longstanding commitment to constitutional revision much more vigorously than previous administrations, issuing its draft for a new constitution in November 2005. The draft wording of the LDP on Article 9 was, in the end, considerably weaker than the LDP would have liked, owing to the opposition of its coalition partner, the New Komeito Party. Nevertheless, the LDP draft incorporated language calling for the schools to teach patriotism and respect for tradition, two items cherished by the most conservative elements of the party, and that greatly energized the parallel LDP initiative to revise the Fundamental Law on Education. Publication of the LDP draft constitution was followed in 2007 with passage of a law setting out the procedures for a referendum to adopt a new constitution.
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