
衆院憲法審査会は12日、憲法9条をテーマに集中討議を行った。自民党は自衛隊明記や国防規定の必要性を訴え、日本維新の会は2項削除と国防軍創設を主張。国民民主党は与党内での見解のまとめを求め、公明党は民主的統制の明記を提案した。
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憲法公布80年を機に、衆院憲法審査会が憲法9条をテーマに集中討議を行った。自民党は国防規定や自衛隊明記を、日本維新の会は2項削除と国防軍創設を主張し、与党内で見解の違いが浮き彫りになった。
衆院憲法審査会は12日、戦争放棄や戦力不保持を定めた憲法9条をテーマに集中討議を行った。自民党は、憲法改正で国防規定や自衛隊を明記する必要性を訴えた。日本維新の会は、2項(戦力不保持)削除と「国防軍」創設を主張。与党内で見解の違いが改めて浮き彫りになった。
「位置付け明確に」「必要ない」9条への自衛隊明記に賛否―安保実務経験者に聞く・憲法公布80年
自民の新藤義孝氏は「現行憲法には、誰がどのような手段で国と国民を守り、その実力をどう統制するかという国防規定が欠落している」と指摘。自衛隊明記と合わせ「国防体制の最適化と抑止力の強化を図らなければならない」と唱えた。
維新の阿部圭史氏は、他国との同盟強化の観点から「2項削除による集団的自衛権行使の全面容認と国防軍創設を行うべきだ」と述べた。
国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表は、与党内で9条に関する見解をまとめないと「議論しても意味がない」と批判。衆院会派「中道」の河西宏一氏(公明党)は、自衛隊明記の議論に理解を示しつつ、「国会と内閣による民主的な統制下にある」との趣旨を盛り込むよう提起した。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
与党内で憲法9条改正に関する見解調整が継続される
Likely · Within weeks

Reuters reported that senior White House officials are discussing replacing Secretary of Commerce Lutnick. Nvidia CEO Huang has been under fire over his handling of spying allegations, and Lutnick has opposed and postponed imposing export restrictions on companies suspected of smuggling semiconductors to China. There has been growing criticism from Congress over the lack of regulatory measures and Nvidia's oversight of exports to China.

According to Reuters, senior administration officials are discussing whether to replace Secretary of Commerce Lutnick. The US president described Huang as having "done a great job" and insisted that Apple's Chairman Cook was the only one to replace him. Nvidia announced that CEO Huang will step down and that CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO. WSJ reported that the board of directors is preparing to fire CEO Huang.

On the 12th, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Kushner, in Moscow. It is believed that they held talks regarding peace in Ukraine and the security system in Europe.

A group of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors and others held a protest rally in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome on the 12th in response to the government's consideration of exceptions for the introduction of nuclear weapons in the revision of three security-related documents. He appealed to the government to "observe the three non-nuclear principles."

On the 12th, the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Restoration Party, and the Democratic Party of Japan jointly submitted a bill to the House of Representatives to reduce the number of members of the House of Representatives. The mainstay of the bill is a reduction of 31 seats in proportional representation, and the aim is to pass it during the current Diet session. The proportion will be reduced from 176 to 145, and the Chugoku and Shikoku blocks will be combined into a total of 10 blocks. These include stricter reinstatement selection criteria and an increase in the amount of deposit refunds.

A federal judge has ordered a halt to construction on the Arc de Triomphe, which President Trump plans to construct near the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery. Relatives of former President Kennedy have also joined the lawsuit, calling for construction to be halted.