The revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution. One of the most heated debates from its roots to the current situation.

Aim of the research is to examine Japan's constitutional revision debate from its roots to the present situation and it is organised to answer the following research questions: - Which are the roots of the debate?
 - Why should the Japanese Constitution be revised? - Why is Abe Shinzō working hard for the revision and by what instruments? - What is the position of public opinion? The work will be divided in two parts analysing the possible outcome of the debate from different perspectives: the former relies on historical and bibliographical evidence, the latter is based on a field research in the capital city. The LDP recently published manga “The Honobono Family asks: What is Constitutional Revision?” will be analysed as example for Abe’s propaganda policies, while a self-conducted survey will investigate the popular perception about a possible Constitutional Revision. Both the field research and the bibliographical analysis highlight that, oppositely to articles and newspapers, the interest in the topic of Constitutional Revision among the population is still remarkable; the study concludes however that an actual revision of the Constitution is unlikely to happen.