print email comment close Birth of the Constitution of Japan URL: http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/ Description: This exhibition "presents the major events and important documents involved in the framing and enactment of Japan's Constitution." Includes a timeline, information about historical figures, an overview of the process, images of documents (in Japanese) with commentaries, and discussions of significant issues, such as popular sovereignty and the emperor system, and renunciation of war. In English and Japanese. From the Japanese National Diet Library. Publisher: National Diet Library Extra Keywords Potsdam Declaration Library of Congress Subject Headings: Constitutions -- Japan Japan -- History Japan -- Politics and government LII Database Information: Record 19225 created by Maria Brandt on 10/03/2005 Last modification on 10/05/2005 Published: 10/06/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19225