Civil Historical Section, GHQ/SCAP, "History of the Non-Military Activities of the Occupation of Japan, 1945 through December 1951", [Vol. 7] Constitutional Revision.

Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as …

The Constitution of Japan [b] is the supreme law of Japan. Written primarily by American civilian officials during the occupation of Japan after World War II, it was adopted on 3 November …

The Archives contains six documents created or collected by people or organizations that played an important role in the effort to enact the Constitution of Japan. Documents that concern the …

The seventeen-article constitution (十七条憲法, "jūshichijō kenpō") is, according to the Nihon Shoki of 720, a document authored by Prince Shōtoku in 604. [1] It was adopted in the reign of …

The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法; Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法, romanized: Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenpō), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, …

The crowning political achievement of Japan’s late 1800s was the promulgation on February 11, 1889 of the Meiji constitution, a document that made Japan the first constitutional nation in Asia.

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records is a full-fledged digital archives under Japan National Archives providing Japanese modern historical records of relationship with various neighboring …

2024年10月25日 · Most documents are in Japanese, but some are bilingual or in English. This checklist can be a useful source to identify documents available here at Yale or elsewhere. …

Yoritomo (1147‐1199) became Japan’s de facto military and political leader. Although the Emperor in Kyoto retained prestige and legitimacy, Yoritomo and his shogunate (bakufu) in …