Documents with Commentaries Part 1 Military Defeat and Efforts to Reform the Constitution
These are papers from the Bureau of Legislation during the period it was studying the problem of constitutional reform. However, the cabinet of Prince Higashikuni, which was busy responding to the orders flooding out of GHQ, was not able to focus its efforts on the constitutional problem. On one side, Toshio Irie, Director of the First Department in the Bureau of Legislation, was aware of the importance of the constitutional problem, and he independently drafted "The Termination of the War and the Constitution" and sent it to a few of the staff members to advance the study of the problem. They put forth their thoughts, and expressed their opinions in several of the directors' meetings. However, the Cabinet at the time was not receptive by reason of the internal political situation, and Naokai Murase, Director General of the Bureau of Legislation, gave instructions to handle the problem of constitutional reform with great care. These preliminary studies became the precursor to the Constitutional Problems Investigation Committee, which was established immediately after the Shidehara Cabinet was formed.
| Actual Title of Source | Shusen to Kenpo (Niju Kyu Ju-hachi) Irie Ko, Kenpo Kaisei No Kihonteki Tachiba (Niju Ju Niju-san Bunai Kaigi), Tenno Ni Kanshi Kaisei Wo YosutoMitomeraruru Shoten (Dai Issho), Shinmin Kenri Gimu Ni Kanshi Kaisei Wo Yosuto Mitomeraruru Shoten (Dai Ni Sho), "Potsudamu" Sengen Judaku Ni Tomonai Kenkyu Wo Yosuru Kenpo Dai Ni Sho Ni Okeru Mondai (Showa Niju Ju Niju-ni Naru), Dai San Sho Teikoku Gikai, Dai San Sho Teikoku Gikai Ni Tsuite Kangau Beki Shomondai, Teikoku Gikai Ni Kanshi Kaisei Wo Yosuto Mitomeraruru Shoten (Dai San Sho), Dai Yon Sho Kokumu Daijin Oyobi Sumitsukomon, Shiho (Dai Go Sho), Kenpo Kaisei Nitsuki Kenkyu Mondai, Kaikei (Dai Roku Sho), Dai Nana Sho Hosoku |
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| Date | September 18, October 22, 23, 1945 |
| Document Number | Irie Toshio Papers: 2-1 |
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| Repository | National Diet Library |
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