Sugita, Atsushi2004-07-302004-09-282011-01-052004-09-282011-01-052001909524262http://hdl.handle.net/1885/42072The Japanese constitution is now at a turning point. Today, first I would like to explain the two major political attitudes toward the constitution. After making clear why and how these attitudes have been developed, I will point out that each of these attitudes has its own contradiction and dilemma within it. Then I will tell you something about my own way of thinking about the constitution. We should think about the constitution within a broader context of politics, rather than sticking to the constitution as a written national law.This conference was supported by the generosity of the Japan Foundation Asia Centre, AusAID, the Daiwa Foundation for Asia and Oceania, the Myer Foundation and The Australian National University's National Institute for Asia and the Pacific and the Humanities Research Centre.1 vol.application/pdfen-AU(C) Division of Pacific and Asia History, RSPAS, ANU 2003. This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism, or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 as amended, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.Ninth ClauseUS-Japan Security TreatyJapanese constitutionmilitaryhuman rightspolitical frameworkconstitutional reformpolitics2001