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Constitution of Japan Preamble of the Constitution Overview Original title 日本国憲法 Jurisdiction Japan Presented 3 November 1946 Date effective 3 May 1947 System Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Government structure Branches Three Head of state None [a] Chambers Bicameral Executive Cabinet, led by a Prime Minister Judiciary Supreme Court Federalism Unitary History First ...
Japanese Imperial Rescript Establishing a Constitutional Form of Government by Emperor Meiji on 14 April 1875. Article 96 provides that amendments can be made to the Constitution if approved by super majority of two-thirds of both houses of the National Diet (the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors), and then by a simple majority in a popular referendum.
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (日本国憲法第9条, Nihon koku kenpō dai kyū-jō) is a clause in the Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state. The Constitution was drafted following the surrender of Japan in World War II.
This draft was published during debates on the new Japanese Constitution following the end of World War II. The characteristics of the draft are the abolition of the Japanese Imperial system, the adoption of republicanism and democratic centralism, and the introduction of socialist policies.
The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan. It consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and functions under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947 and written by American officials in the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.
The law of Japan refers to the legal system in Japan, which is primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with precedents also playing an important role. [1] Japan has a civil law legal system with six legal codes, which were greatly influenced by Germany, to a lesser extent by France, and also adapted to Japanese circumstances.
The modern Supreme Court was established in Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan in 1947. [1] There was some debate among the members of the SCAP legal officers who drafted the constitution and in the Imperial Diet meeting of 1946 over the extent of the power of the judiciary, but it was overshadowed by other major questions about popular sovereignty, the role of the emperor, and the ...
The Nobel Peace Prize for Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution; P. Proposed Japanese constitutional referendum; R. Milo Rowell; S. Seventeen-article constitution; W.
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