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Appendix 5 - The “MacArthur Notes”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2024

Edited by
Colin P. A. Jones
Colin P. A. Jones
Affiliation:
Doshisha University, Kyoto
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Summary

Emperor is at the head of the state.

His succession is dynastic.

His duties and powers will be exercised in accordance with the Constitution and responsive to the basic will of the people as provided therein.

II

War as a sovereign right of the nation is abolished Japan renounces it as an instrumentality for settling its disputes and even for preserving its own security It relies upon the higher ideals which are now stirring the world for its defense and its protection.

No Japanese Army, Navy, or Air Force will ever be authorized and no rights of belligerency will ever be conferred upon any Japanese force.

III

The feudal system of Japan will cease.

No rights of peerage except those of the Imperial family will extend beyond the lives of those now existent.

No patent of nobility will from this time forth embody within itself any National or Civic power of government.

Pattern budget after British system.

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The Annotated Constitution of Japan
A Handbook
 , pp. 350 - 351
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • The “MacArthur Notes”
  • Edited by Colin P. A. Jones, Doshisha University, Kyoto
  • Book: The Annotated Constitution of Japan
  • Online publication: 13 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048562022.018
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  • The “MacArthur Notes”
  • Edited by Colin P. A. Jones, Doshisha University, Kyoto
  • Book: The Annotated Constitution of Japan
  • Online publication: 13 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048562022.018
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  • The “MacArthur Notes”
  • Edited by Colin P. A. Jones, Doshisha University, Kyoto
  • Book: The Annotated Constitution of Japan
  • Online publication: 13 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048562022.018
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