Japan Constitution

Column traces the 'unbroken imperial line' to Meiji-era political design

A Mainichi Shimbun essay argues the wartime Meiji Constitution turned the emperor into a quasi-religion to bind a new nation — a use of the throne its author says is being revived in today's succession debate.

politics · 10 Nov

Japan's Constitution Preamble Was Written by an American. Can "the Japanese People" Still Inherit His Vision?

A constitutional scholar at Iwate University says Alfred Rodman Hussey's idea of peace as a human right is embedded in the preamble — and asks whether the country can carry it forward.

society · 7 Nov