The Meiji Constitution: Censorship Among The United States Of Japan

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The Empire of Japan is the historical Japanese nation-state; which is a type of state that joins the political beliefs of a state with the culture of a nation, from which it is trying to rule; and a former political power that lasted from the 1868 Meiji Restoration; which was a chain of events that re-established practical imperial rule to Japan under Emperor Meiji; to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan. Imperial Japans rapid industrialization and militarization under the slogan translating to “enrich the country, strengthen the armed forces” led to its materialization as a world power and establishment of an empire.
The Meiji Restoration provided Japan constitution that made his government a form of constitutional and …show more content…

The Meiji Constitution consisted of seventy-six articles in seven chapters. And unlike its successor, the Meiji Constitution was founded on the principal that the emperor was ruler and his government was not of the people. While the Meiji Constitution established clear limits on the power of the emperor and gave many rights to his people, it is self contradictory and ambiguously worded in many places. This left political parties and leaders to interpret it as they saw fit. The documents ambiguity justified authoritarian or liberal-democratic rule among the states of Japan and created a power struggle within the …show more content…

In 1936 an Information and Propaganda committee was created they issued all official press statements and worked with the Publications Monitoring Department on censorship issues. Besides applying censorship to all media, the Showa Regime began issuing detailed “guidelines” to publishers. By 1938 printed media’s would come to realize that their survival depended upon taking cues from the guidelines and their interpretation on the “look” of the soldier and of war.
The 1941revision of the National Mobilization Law completely eliminated the freedom of press. All mail was subject to search. And by this point in time any rights outlined in the Constitution were heavily restricted if not removed entirely. In 1942 all newapapers were ordered to merge or cease publication. And as the war situation deteriorated the government took over the distribution of information all together. By 1944 only 34 magazines were left in publication and by 1945 only one newspaper was permitted per

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