Postwar Japanese Constitution

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:amendmentProcess requires two-thirds majority in both houses and majority in national referendum
gptkbp:category gptkb:Constitutions_of_Japan
gptkb:Legal_history_of_Japan
gptkb:Postwar_Japan
1947 in law
1947 in Japan
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Article_25
gptkb:Article_14
gptkb:Article_24
gptkb:Article_9
gptkb:Article_96
Article 41
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1946-11-03
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers
Japanese government
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Japan
gptkb:House_of_Councillors
Japanese government
gptkbp:guarantees freedom of speech
freedom of religion
freedom of assembly
universal suffrage
equality under the law
right to education
right to maintain minimum standards of living
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Emperor_of_Japan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Postwar Japanese Constitution
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:United_States_Constitution
British constitutional law
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:limitsPowerOf gptkb:Emperor_of_Japan
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:日本国憲法
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Constitution_of_Japan
gptkbp:prohibits maintenance of military forces for war
war as a sovereign right
gptkbp:promotion gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Meiji_Constitution
gptkbp:startDate 1947-05-03
gptkbp:subject gptkb:monarchy
gptkb:politics
human rights
pacifism
parliamentary sovereignty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emperor_Hirohito
gptkb:Emperor_Showa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4