Learn about who was involved in writing Japan’s constitution after WWII including the United States’ General MacArthur in this Council on Foreign Relations infoguide.

Of course, the Japanese have the right to amend their Constitution in any way they desire. But in the process the Abe government should give some thought to the cultural consequences of such a change.

Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution Saturday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push for an ...

Japan has never fully reflected on its aggressive acts and war crimes before and during the World Anti-Fascist War (World War ...

President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on Malaysia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Laos and Myanmar, all of which would go ...

Japan's refusal to recognize same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a high court ruled Friday, the latest victory for the LGBTQ+ community to add pressure on the reluctant government.

THE circulation in 1950 of a report[i] prepared for the Supreme Commander in Japan, General MacArthur, made known that the original draft of the postwar Constitution of Japan had been written by ...

Prevailing Japanese interpretations of its pacifist constitution and cyberspace exist in an existential clash. They are incompatible, given current Japanese interpretations of its Article Nine ...

A Japanese court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage in the country was unconstitutional. The decision from Nagoya District Court was the latest in an ongoing legal battle to expand LGBT rights ...

Japan's Tokyo High Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The decision, which echoes a similar ruling by the Sapporo High Court in March, marks a ...