In fact, the Constitution of Japan was written by the U.S. occupation authorities, whose head was General Douglas MacArthur, under direction of officials in Washington, D.
FORBES: Limited Government, Reform, and the Japanese Constitution
The Constitution of Japan was promulgated and became effective on November 3, 1946, when it was signed by the Japanese Emperor Hirohito and all the ministers of government on that day.
FORBES: Limited Government, Reform, and the Japanese Constitution
Article nine of the constitution forbids Japan's military -- the Self-Defense Forces -- from waging war overseas.
The U.S. used its power as occupier after World War II to impose a constitution on Japan which forbade possession of a military.
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Mr Nagashima admits there is little chance the party would go as far as its more hawkish antagonist, the Liberal Democratic Party, which is mulling a manifesto pledge to change article nine of Japan's constitution, drafted by the American victors in 1947, which forever renounces war as a way of settling disputes.
He is also pushing for a revision of Japan's pacifist constitution to ease tight restrictions on the armed forces.
Doing so explicitly is difficult under Japan's constitution, but there are plenty of ways they could be made to behave.
Americans lectured Japan on the evils of militarism and wrote a brand new Japanese constitution outlawing the use of military force in international affairs.
Revising Japan's peace constitution is controversial with voters and Abe is eager to gain control of the Upper House of the Diet in summer elections.
Voters are anyway underwhelmed by his penchant since taking office for pursuing pet right-wing themes such as changing Japan's pacifist constitution and instilling more patriotic education in schools over issues of livelihood.
Japan's two leading parties are working to amend the pacifist Article 9 of the constitution, a move supported by 56% of respondents in a recent poll.
There is much that Japan can be proud of since 1945 -- rapid recovery from war devastation, adopting a pacifist Constitution, the economic miracle, achieving the best living standards in the region, creating a robust democracy in a relatively egalitarian society, and promoting regional economic development through massive aid and technical cooperation.
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