The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, going into this summer's election for the House of Councilors, is stepping up its campaign to amend the country's Constitution.
The LDP's task force on constitutional revision held a meeting in the city of Gifu on Sunday, its first meeting outside of Tokyo. The group plans to hold such local meetings in all of the country's 47 prefectures by the holiday period in May.
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