Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution Referendum is a referendum that was expected to take place in 2020. In May 2017, then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set a 2020 deadline for revising Article 9, which would legitimize the Japan Self-Defense Forces in the Japanese constitution. [1] [2] [3] [4] Abe and his Cabinet resigned in September 2020, due to Abe's health problems. [5] Under his successor Yoshihide Suga, parliament revised referendum law in June 2021 to make it easier to vote by allowing temporary voting station. The move was considered as a step toward the possibility of the constitutional referendum taking place. [6] Kishida renewed calls for the referendum in May 2023. [7]
| Date | Firm | Yes | No | Undecided | Lead | Sample size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March – 11 April 2022 | Kyodo News poll [8] | 50% | 48% | 2% | |||
| 13 May 2021 | The Asahi Shimbun poll [9] | 45% | 44% | 1% | |||
| 18 April 2021 | Mainichi Shimbun poll [10] | 48% | 31% | 17% | |||
| 2019 | [11] | 40% | 54% | 14% | |||
| 2017 | Kyodo News poll [12] | 49% | 47% | 2% | |||
| 2017 | Asahi poll [13] | 29% | 63% | 34% | |||
| 2017 | NHK poll [12] | 25% | 57% | 32% | |||
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