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After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, it provided for a form of constitutional monarchy based on the Prussian model, in which the Emperor of Japanwas an active ruler and wielded considerable political power (over foreign policy and diplomacy) which was shared with an elected Diet. The Diet primarily dictated domestic policy matters.
After the Meiji Restoration, which restored direct political power to the emperor for the first time in over a millennium, Japan underwent a period of sweeping political and social reform and westernization aimed at strengthening Japan to the level of the nations of the Western world. The immediate consequence of the Constitution was the opening of the first Parliamentary government in Asia.[1]
The Meiji Constitution established clear limits to the power of the executive branch and the absolutism of the Emperor. It also created anindependent judiciary. However, it was ambiguous in wording, and in many places self-contradictory. The leaders of the government and the political parties were left with the task of interpretation as to whether the Meiji Constitution could be used to justify authoritarian or liberal-democratic rule. It was the struggle between these tendencies that dominated the government of the Empire of Japan.
The Meiji Constitution was used as a model for the 1931 Ethiopian Constitution by the Ethiopian intellectual Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariyam. This was one of the reasons why the progressive Ethiopian intelligentsia associated with Tekle Hawariat were known as "Japanizers".[2]
By the surrender on 2 September 1945, the Empire of Japan was deprived of sovereignty by the Allies, and the Meiji Constitution was suspended. During the Occupation of Japan, the Meiji Constitution was replaced by a new document, the postwar Constitution of Japan, which replaced the imperial rule with a form of Western-style liberal democracy.
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∙ 14y agoIt eliminated the old system of social classes. It created a two-house national legislature called the "Diet."
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The meiji constitution did what?
The Meiji constitution was once the constitution of Japan. It was in place from 1890 until 1947. It outlined the Emperors substantial powers to rule over Japan.
What did The Meiji Emperor write?
Constitution
What reflect the intent of Meiji constitution?
The principle of federalism best reflects the intent of the Meiji Constitution. The respect for the fundamental human rights is another intent.
What did the Meiji constitution did not establish as a part of the government?
the President!
What did the meiji constitution not establish as a part of the government?
the President!
What did the Meiji constitution not establish as part of the government?
the President!
What are the rights duties and obligations of a Japense person?
Meiji Constitution
What has the author George M Beckmann written?
George M. Beckmann has written: 'The making of the Meiji Constitution' -- subject(s): Constitution, Constitutional history, Japan
When did Japan get its indepence?
Japan could originally have been considered as part of China but in 660 BC Emperor Jimmu first founded the the nation of Japan. The Meiji Restoration ( 1868 ) restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. On the 3rd of May 1947 the current constitution was adopted as amendment to Meiji Constitution. Q.E.D. Japan has always been a sovereign state so there cannot be an Independence day for Japan.
What has the author Meiji Hashimoto written?
Meiji Hashimoto has written: 'Hashimoto Meiji' 'Hashimoto Meiji jisen ten' -- subject(s): Exhibitions
What were some social effects of the Meiji restoration events?
There were quite a few social effects as the direct result of the Meiji restoration. These included a new centralized bureaucratic government, a constitution that firmly secured a chosen parliament, and a better developed system for transportation and communication.
What did emperor meiji do?
Emperor Meiji brought imperial rule back to Japan, in a period known as the Meiji Ishin.
