The Liberal Democratic Party made clear Wednesday that its historic defeat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election will not affect its drive to revise the Constitution, despite calls from ruling coalition members to cautiously deal with the matter."We will carefully proceed with discussions toward our goal to present our party's constitutional amendment proposals in the extraordinary Diet session (expected in the fall)," Okiharu Yasuoka said at a meeting of the LDP's constitutional reform panel which he heads, just days after the party suffered a humiliating defeat in Sunday's election.…READ FULL ARTICLE
