After studying many models, Japan’s leaders drafted a constitution based on the German (Prussian) model of the time. In 1889, the Meiji Emperor bestowed this constitution upon the people of Japan. The ...

The Japanese did go to work, but MacArthur rejected their efforts in early February 1946 as "nothing more than a rewording of the old Meiji constitution." Eager to avoid interference from other ...

Starting in the Meiji period, sugoroku games were mass produced ... In the “Rights and Duties” section of that document, the constitution formalized the Japanese people’s relationship to the state.

A Tokyo court’s ruling to dissolve the Unification Church has ignited a global debate over religious freedom. Critics warn it ...

The court acknowledged that the second paragraph of Article 22 of the Constitution gives ... law enacted in the Meiji Era (1868-1912), more than 25,000 Japanese have renounced their citizenship ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

The Constitution of Japan was promulgated on Nov. 3 exactly ... One of the provisions that was not in the preceding Meiji Constitution is Article 23, which guarantees academic freedom.

As you walk through its towering torii gates and lush forested paths, you can feel the tranquil power of nature, which the Meiji era sought to harmonize with Japan's rapid modernization.

For over seventy years, Japan’s constitution has remained untouched, a symbol of a reformed nation and a democratic society. Introduced under U.S.-led occupation in the wake of World War II ...

Outside of Japan, misconceptions about Japan’s constitutional debate abound, often driven by the headlines of the moment. To help understand the complexity of this Japanese conversation, Sheila A.