Part 5 Enactment of the Constitution of Japan

• 5-1 Correspondence between Yoshida and MacArthur on General Election
• 5-2 Correspondence between Yoshida and MacArthur on Displaying the National Flag
• 5-3 Constitution Popularization Society, "Program for the Celebration Commemorating the Enforcement of the New Constitution," May 3, 1947
• 5-4 Opening Ceremony of the First Session of the Diet, June 23, 1947
• 5-5 Far Eastern Commission's Policy Decision on the Review of a New Japanese Constitution
• 5-6 Publication and Work of the Constitution Popularization Society
• 5-7 Society for Education in Chiba Prefecture, "Explanation of the New Constitution"
• 5-8 Alfred Hussey, Memorandum on Program for Publicizing the new Japanese Constitution, February 5, 1947
• 5-9 Juvenile Books and Publications on the New Constitution
• 5-10 Explanatory Illustrations of the Constitution of Japan
• 5-11 The Temporary Committtee for the Investigation of Legal Systems
• 5-12 Government Section, Memorandum on Status of Bills Implementing Enforcement of New Constitution, February 28, 1947
• 5-13 Eliminating the Crimes of High Treason and Lese Majesty from Criminal Code
• 5-14 Revision of the Diet Law

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• Outline
  1. Outline Part 1 Military Defeat and Efforts to Reform the Constitution
  2. Outline Part 2 Creation of Various Proposals to Reform the Constitution
  3. Outline Part 3 Formulation of the GHQ Draft and Response of the Japanese Government
  4. Outline Part 4 Deliberations in the Imperial Diet
  5. Outline Part 5 Enactment of the Constitution of Japan
• Documents with Commentaries
  1. Documents with Commentaries Part 1 Military Defeat and Efforts to Reform the Constitution
  2. Documents with Commentaries Part 2 Creation of Various Proposals to Reform the Constitution
  3. Documents with Commentaries Part 3 Formulation of the GHQ Draft and Response of the Japanese Government
  4. Documents with Commentaries Part 4 Deliberations in the Imperial Diet
  5. Documents with Commentaries Part 5 Enactment of the Constitution of Japan
• Main Issues
  1. Popular Sovereignty and the Emperor System
  2. Renunciation of War
  3. Guarantees for Fundamental Human Rights
  4. A New Bicameral System
  5. Judicial Review of Constitutionality
  6. Local Self-Government
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