BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan approves constitution stepsLast Updated: Monday, 14 May 2007, 08:45 GMT 09:45 UK Japan's parliament has passed a bill that sets out steps for holding a referendum on revising the country's pacifist constitution. The legislation was passed by the parliament's upper house, having cleared the lower house last month. The move marks a victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has made revising the constitution one of his top pr
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan boy 'severs mother's head'
