Articles by Joel Rheuben, University of Tokyo
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Constitutional Amendment in Japan — Potential Lessons from Australia
Joel Rheuben, University of Tokyo – East Asia Forum,
29 Jul 2013
Like the Japanese Constitution, Australia’s Constitution can only be amended after a popular referendum approving change. However, unlike Japan, referenda proposals can be initiated by only a simple majority of both houses. Nevertheless, constitutional referenda have succeeded only 8 times out of 44 attempts in 112 years — and not once since 1977.
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