Constitution of Japan

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national constitution supreme law

The Constitution of Japan is the country's post–World War II supreme law, known for establishing a parliamentary democracy, guaranteeing extensive civil liberties, and renouncing war in Article 9.

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Constitution of Japan canonical 154
Constitution of Japan (1947) 7
Japanese Constitution 7

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national constitution ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Constitution

Nihon-koku Kenpō ⓘ
Constitution of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Postwar Constitution
article9Provision denial of right of belligerency of the state ⓘ
prohibition of maintenance of war potential ⓘ
renunciation of war ⓘ
basedOn liberal democratic principles ⓘ
chapterSubject Amendments ⓘ
Finance ⓘ
Local Self-Government ⓘ
Renunciation of War ⓘ
Rights and Duties of the People ⓘ
Supplementary Provisions ⓘ
Supreme Law ⓘ
The Cabinet ⓘ
The Diet ⓘ
Emperor ⓘ
surface form: The Emperor

The Judiciary ⓘ
containsArticle Article 1 ⓘ
Article 9 ⓘ
Article 96 ⓘ
containsPrinciple pacifism ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
respect for fundamental human rights ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
definesExecutive Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
definesFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
definesHeadOfState Naruhito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of Japan
definesJudiciary Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
definesLegislature National Diet ⓘ
definesLowerHouse National Diet ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives of Japan
definesUpperHouse House of Councillors ⓘ
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
draftedUnderInfluenceOf Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ
General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ⓘ
effectiveDate 1947-05-03 ⓘ
enshrines civilian control of the military ⓘ
independence of the judiciary ⓘ
guarantees due process of law ⓘ
equality under the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
fundamental human rights ⓘ
universal suffrage ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
monarchRole symbol of the State ⓘ
symbol of the unity of the people ⓘ
numberOfArticles 103 ⓘ
numberOfChapters 11 ⓘ
prohibits discrimination based on race, creed, sex, social status or family origin ⓘ
peerage system ⓘ
promulgationDate 1946-11-03 ⓘ
replaced Meiji Constitution ⓘ
requiresForAmendment majority in a national referendum ⓘ
two-thirds majority in both houses of the Diet ⓘ
supremacyClause Constitution is the supreme law of the nation ⓘ

Referenced by (202)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Japan → constitutionalDocument → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Judiciary of Japan → interprets → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Judiciary of Japan → applies → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Judiciary of Japan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Judiciary of Japan → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 76 of the Constitution of Japan
Judiciary of Japan → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 77 of the Constitution of Japan
Judiciary of Japan → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 78 of the Constitution of Japan
Judiciary of Japan → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 79 of the Constitution of Japan
Judiciary of Japan → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 81 of the Constitution of Japan
Constitution of Japan → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postwar Constitution
Constitution of Japan → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Constitution
Supreme Court and lower courts → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court and lower courts (Japan)
Emperor Hirohito → issuedProclamation → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War
Emperor → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Emperor of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
National Diet → foundedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
National Diet → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Supreme Court of Japan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Imperial House of Japan → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Nihon-koku Kenpō → officialName → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Nihon-koku Kenpō → shortName → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Constitution
Nihon-koku Kenpō → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Postwar Constitution of Japan
Chief Justice of Japan → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Chief Justice of Japan → officeCreatedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Japan (1947)
Chief Justice of Japan → subjectTo → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Renunciation of War → enshrinedIn → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Renunciation of War → constitutionalChapter → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chapter II of the Constitution of Japan
The Diet → establishedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Supplementary Provisions → partOf → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Supplementary Provisions (Constitution of Japan)
Showa era → constitutionAdopted → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Shōwa era
this entity surface form: 1947 Japanese Constitution
House of Councillors → establishedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Cabinet of Japan → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Cabinet of Japan → subordinateTo → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Tokyo High Court → governingLaw → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Allied occupation of Japan → hasEffect → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: pacifist constitution of Japan
Allied occupation of Japan → introducedDocument → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
High Courts of Japan → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
House of Yamato → recognizedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
summary courts of Japan → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Osaka High Court → appliesLaw → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
SCJ → establishedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of Japan
SCJ → interprets → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of Japan
First Petty Bench → establishedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force → legalBasis → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Imperial Household Agency → follows → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
国会 → establishedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: 日本国憲法
Sendai High Court → appliesLaw → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Sapporo High Court → appliesLaw → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Meiji Constitution → replacedBy → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Meiji Constitution → legalContinuityWith → Constitution of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Japan (debated)