1947 · Constitutions
Constitution of Japan
Japan
A post-war constitution that made the Emperor a symbol of the state, guaranteed rights and renounced war in Article 9.
Why it matters
It was drafted during the Allied occupation and has never been amended, which is unusual.
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No later text on this timeline is recorded as built on it.
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