Constitution Article 19 has changed to “freedom of thought and conscience.”
Article 19 of the Constitution has changed to “freedom of thought and conscience.” (It should have been “freedom of thought and belief.” There are also experiencers who remember it as “freedom of thought and religion.”) From a legal point of view, if it becomes “freedom of conscience,” since it can be interpreted as freedom both to have a conscience and to not have a conscience, it kind of feels not very appropriate as constitutional phrasing. Some people say freedom of the inner mind. Also, the word “conscience” appears in the oath of service for National Police Agency staff, as follows: “I will faithfully uphold the Constitution of Japan and the laws, obey orders, refrain from joining any group or organization that requires one to follow its discipline in preference to police duties, be bound by nothing, fear nothing, hate nothing, follow only my conscience, and I solemnly swear to perform my police duties impartially, nonpartisanly, fairly, and justly.”
This case is part of the Mandela Effect case database based on "The Window of Opportunity: A Guidepost to the Mandela Effect — The Ultra-Secret X-Files" by Aoyama Takuto.