THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Shintaro Ishihara, the head of the Japan Restoration Party, and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto address voters in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 29. (Hiroshi Matsubara)
The Japan Restoration Party called for writing a new Constitution in its campaign platform released on Nov. 29, adopting the long-held policy of recently appointed leader Shintaro Ishihara.