TOKYO More than half of the Japanese public believes the nation's postwar constitution should be changed, according to polls released as the country marked Constitutional Memorial Day.

WSJ: Most Japanese Want Constitution Revised

The following day the constitutional court, which had earlier ruled that Mr Basescu's misdemeanours were not sufficient to merit impeachment, ruled that the impeachment proceedings were legal.

ECONOMIST: Efforts to impeach the president will fail

At the end of the day, the constitutional implication of Mr Macdonald's appointment is precisely zero.

ECONOMIST: Peer pressure