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Title

  • Japan : Article 9 of the Constitution

Summary

  • "Japan's post-Second World War constitution was born when Japan was occupied by Allied forces. During the first stage of the occupation, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces and legislators of the constitution thought Japan would not have a military force again. Article 9 of the Constitution renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining the war potential. However, as the United States changed its policy of demilitarizing Japan when the United States asked her to share the burden of maintaining the security of Japan and, for the sake of international peacekeeping, Japan gradually increased its defense capability and developed a somewhat more technical interpretation of article 9. Article 9 does not prohibit Japan from maintaining her defense capability. Article 9 had been popular in Japan for a long time; but as the Japanese started to take their security more seriously, more people have begun to accept the idea of amending article 9 of the Constitution. The ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, will bring the Constitutional amendment proposal to the Diet within the next few years"--Executive summary, page [1].

Names

  • Umeda, Sayuri, author
  • Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Global Legal Research Directorate, issuing body

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate, 2006.

Headings

  • -  Japan.--Kenpō (1946).--Dai 9-jō
  • -  Japan--Defenses--Law and legislation
  • -  National security--Japan
  • -  Kenpō (Japan : 1946)
  • -  Military readiness--Law and legislation
  • -  Constitutional amendments
  • -  Constitutional law
  • -  National security
  • -  Japan

Genre

  • Electronic books

Notes

  • -  "Prepared by Sayuri Umeda."--Page 32.
  • -  "February 2006."
  • -  "LL File No. 2004-01207."
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (Law Library of Congress, viewed Jan. 26, 2022).

Medium

  • 1 online resource (32 pages)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019669658

OCLC Number

  • n1293753928

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Umeda, Sayuri, Author, and U.S.. Global Legal Research Directorate Law Library Of Congress. Japan: Article 9 of the Constitution. [Washington, D.C.: The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate, 2006] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019669658/.

APA citation style:

Umeda, S. & Law Library Of Congress, U. S. G. L. R. D. (2006) Japan: Article 9 of the Constitution. [Washington, D.C.: The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019669658/.

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Umeda, Sayuri, Author, and U.S.. Global Legal Research Directorate Law Library Of Congress. Japan: Article 9 of the Constitution. [Washington, D.C.: The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate, 2006] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019669658/>.