New party of Tokyo Gov. Koike's ally eyes constitutional revision

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's ally who plans to set up a new party this year said on Friday that the party will aim to revise Japan's Constitution.Masaru Wakasa, an independent House of Representatives lawmaker, told reporters he has agreed with two lawmakers, who supported Koike's Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First party) in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in July, to seek to amend the supreme law's Chapter 8 referring to local self-government.As for the envisaged party, Wakasa said it can be formed as long as it can gather at least five members from parliament.Wakasa, who belonged t…READ FULL ARTICLE