Showa Constitution

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1946-11-03
gptkbp:amendmentProcess requires two-thirds Diet approval and majority in referendum
gptkbp:article9 renunciation of war
gptkbp:category gptkb:Constitutions_of_Japan
gptkb:Legal_history_of_Japan
1947 in law
1947 in Japan
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:director Japanese government
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Government_of_Japan
gptkb:Supreme_Commander_for_the_Allied_Powers
gptkbp:emperorRole symbol of the State and of the unity of the people
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:guarantees fundamental human rights
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gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
British constitutional law
gptkbp:judicialBranch gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_Japan
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:National_Diet
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:日本国憲法
gptkbp:neverAmended true
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Postwar_Constitution
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Article_25
gptkb:Article_14
gptkb:Article_24
gptkb:Article_9
gptkb:Article_96
Article 41
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 103
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Constitution_of_Japan
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Meiji_Constitution
gptkbp:prohibits Japan from maintaining military forces for warfare
gptkbp:promotion gptkb:Emperor_Hirohito
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Meiji_Constitution
gptkbp:startDate 1947-05-03
gptkbp:state resides with the people
gptkbp:subject gptkb:monarchy
human rights
pacifism
parliamentary democracy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Allied_occupation_of_Japan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5