Article 9

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constitutional provision peace clause

Article 9 is the famous pacifist clause of Japan’s postwar constitution that renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining traditional military forces.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Article 9 canonical	2
Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ peace clause ⓘ
adoptedIn	1946 ⓘ
aimsTo	prevent Japan from waging war again ⓘ promote international peace ⓘ
allows	self-defense under certain interpretations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Renunciation of War ⓘ surface form: Pacifist Clause Peace Clause ⓘ
associatedWith	Japan Self-Defense Forces ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1947-05-03 ⓘ
comparedWith	pacifist provisions in other national constitutions ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
criticizedBy	advocates of stronger national defense ⓘ
debatedIssue	collective self-defense ⓘ constitutional revision ⓘ constitutionality of the Japan Self-Defense Forces ⓘ
declares	the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation ⓘ the Japanese people renounce the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes ⓘ
draftedUnderInfluenceOf	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation authorities Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ surface form: United States occupation of Japan
hasTwoParagraphs	Paragraph 1 on renunciation of war ⓘ Paragraph 2 on prohibition of war potential and belligerency ⓘ
historicalContext	post–World War II settlement in East Asia ⓘ
influenced	Japan’s participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations ⓘ Japan’s postwar security policy ⓘ
inspiredBy	pacifism ⓘ post–World War II demilitarization ⓘ
interpretedBy	Cabinet Legislation Bureau of Japan ⓘ surface form: Cabinet Legislation Bureau Government of Japan ⓘ Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus	unamended since 1947 ⓘ
legalSystem	Japanese law ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
politicallyAssociatedWith	Japanese pacifist movements ⓘ Liberal Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
provides	land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained ⓘ the right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized ⓘ
recognizedAs	symbol of Japanese postwar pacifism ⓘ
referencedIn	international discussions on constitutional pacifism ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese rearmament debate ⓘ 1960 Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security ⓘ surface form: Japan–United States Security Treaty
sectionOf	Chapter II of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
subject	limitations on armed forces ⓘ prohibition of war potential ⓘ renunciation of war ⓘ
supportedBy	many Japanese peace activists ⓘ
typeOfRestriction	constitutional limitation on use of force ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Article 9
Description of subject: Article 9 is the famous pacifist clause of Japan’s postwar constitution that renounces war and prohibits Japan from maintaining traditional military forces.

Referenced by (4)

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

Nihon-koku Kenpō → hasArticle → Article 9 ⓘ

General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers → influenced → Article 9 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan

Renunciation of War → article → Article 9 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan

Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan → alsoKnownAs → Article 9 ⓘ