Shidehara was born in Osaka and attended Tokyo Imperial University, graduating from the Faculty of Law. In 1915, he was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and was given ambassadorial powers during the Washington Naval Conference. In 1924, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Kato Takaaki, and continued in this post under Wakatsuki Reijiro and Hamaguchi Osachi. Shidehara followed a non-interventionist policy toward China, then attempting to stabilize its relations with Britain and the United States. The term ...

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Japan This article is part of the series: Politics of Japan Politics of Japan Constitution Emperor – Akihito (list) Imperial Household Agency Government Prime Minister – Koizumi Junichiro (list) Cabinet Ministries National Diet House of Councillors House of Representatives Judicial sys ...

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Constitution of Japan - Meiji Constitution. The Constitution of the Empire of Japan of 1889, more commonly known as the Imperial or Meiji Constitution, was the first modern constitution of Japan. Enacted as part of the Meiji Renewal, it provided for a form of constitutional monarchy based on the Prussian model, in which the Emperor of Japan was an active ruler and wielded considerable political power, but shared this with an elected diet. See also:

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Since the late-1990s, Article 9 has been the central feature of a dispute over the ability of Japan to undertake multilateral military commitments overseas. During the late 1980s, increases in government appropriations for the JSDF averaged more than 5 percent per year. By 1990 Japan was ranked third, behind the then-Soviet Union and the United States, in total defense expenditures, and the United States urged Japan to assume a larger share of the burden of defense of the western Pacific. Given these circumstances, some have viewed Article 9 ...

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Constitution of Japan - Meiji Constitution. The Constitution of the Empire of Japan of 1889, more commonly known as the Imperial or Meiji Constitution, was the first modern constitution of Japan. Enacted as part of the Meiji Renewal, it provided for a form of constitutional monarchy based on the Prussian model, in which the Emperor of Japan was an active ruler and wielded considerable political power, but shared this with an elected diet. See also:

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Article 96 provides that amendments can be made to any part of the constitution. However a proposed amendment must first be approved by both houses of the Diet, by at least a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of each (rather than of the total number of votes cast). It must then be submitted to a referendum in which it is sufficient for it to be endorsed by a simple majority of votes cast. A successful amendment is finally promulgated by th ...

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International bodies such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and groups such as Amnesty International have argued that many of the guarantees for individual rights contained in the Japanese constitution have not been effective in practice. Such critics have also argued that, contrary to Article 98, and its requirement that international law be treated as part of the domestic law of the state, human righ ...

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Constitution of Japan - Structure. The constitution has a length of approximately 5,000 words. It consists of a preamble and 103 articles grouped into eleven chapters. These are: I. The Emperor (1-8) II. Renunciation of War (9) III. Rights and Duties of the People (10-40) IV. The Diet (41-64) V. The Cabinet (65-75) VI. Judiciary (76-82) VII. Finance (83-91) VIII. Local Self-Government (92-95) IX. Amendments (96) X. Supreme Law (97-99) XI. Suplementary Provisions (100-103) See also:

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Soon after the adoption of the constitution of Japan in 1947, there was a desire on the part of the United States occupation forces for Japan to take a more active military role in the struggle against communism. Article 9 has had broad implications for foreign policy and has been reinterpreted by the ruling government as renouncing the use of force in international affairs, but not renouncing the internal use of force for the purpose of maintaining law and order. This interpretation, which is opposed by many in the left-wing in Japan ...

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Constitution of Japan - Structure. The constitution has a length of approximately 5,000 words. It consists of a preamble and 103 articles grouped into eleven chapters. These are: I. The Emperor (1-8) II. Renunciation of War (9) III. Rights and Duties of the People (10-40) IV. The Diet (41-64) V. The Cabinet (65-75) VI. Judiciary (76-82) VII. Finance (83-91) VIII. Local Self-Government (92-95) IX. Amendments (96) X. Supreme Law (97-99) XI. Suplementary Provisions (100-103) See also:

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Article 96 provides that amendments can be made to any part of the constitution. However a proposed amendment must first be approved by both houses of the Diet, by at least a two-thirds majority of the total number of members of each (rather than of the total number of votes cast). It must then be submitted to a referendum in which it is sufficient for it to be endorsed by a simple majority of votes cast. A successful amendment is finally promulgated by th ...

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International bodies such as the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and groups such as Amnesty International have argued that many of the guarantees for individual rights contained in the Japanese constitution have not been effective in practice. Such critics have also argued that, contrary to Article 98, and its requirement that international law be treated as part of the domestic law of the state, human righ ...

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Constitution of Japan, Constitution of Japan - Historical origins, Constitution of Japan - Meiji Constitution, Constitution of Japan - The Potsdam Declaration, Constitution of Japan - Drafting process, Constitution of Japan - Adoption, Constitution of Japan - Early proposals for amendment, Constitution of Japan - Main provisions, Constitution of Japan - Structure, Constitution of Japan - Founding principles, Constitution of Japan - Organs of government, Constitution of Japan - Individual rights, Constitution of Japan - Other provisions, Constitution of Japan - Amendments, Constitution of Japan - Human rights guarantees in practice

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Some historians attribute the inclusion of Article 9 to Charles Kades, one of MacArthur's closest associates, who was impressed by the spirit of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war. MacArthur claimed that the idea had been suggested to him by Prime Minister Kijuro Shidehara, although Shidehara claimed that the article was not his idea. The article's acceptance by the Japanese government may in part be explained by the desire to protect the imperial throne. Some Allied leaders saw the emperor as the primary factor in Japan's warlike behavior. His assent to the "No War" clause weakened th ...

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