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The 31 pages that link to Constitution of Japan, each with the reason it gives.

• Meiji ConstitutionCompared with: It replaced imperial sovereignty with popular sovereignty and explicitly renounced war.

• Douglas MacArthurRelated: MacArthur’s occupation headquarters played a central role in drafting its initial text.

• Imperial Japanese NavyRelated: Article 9 shaped the legal framework for Japan’s postwar military forces.

• Postwar JapanBroader topic: It defined the postwar political order and constrained the use of military force.

• ConstitutionBroader topic: Its provisions include parliamentary government and a renunciation of war in Article 9.

• Japanese imperial successionRelated: It frames the modern emperor’s status while leaving succession details to statute.

• Emperor of JapanRelated: It makes the emperor a symbol without powers related to government.

• HirohitoRelated: It replaced the sovereign emperor’s constitutional position with Hirohito’s postwar symbolic role.

• Shigeru YoshidaRelated: Yoshida’s cabinets operated under the political framework established during the occupation.

• Article 9 of the Japanese ConstitutionNarrower topic: Article 9 is one provision within this postwar constitutional framework.

• Occupation of JapanBroader topic: Occupation authorities guided its drafting and secured its adoption.

• Surrender of JapanRelated: Its reforms took shape under occupation after the surrender.

• Prefectures of JapanRelated: Its local self-government principles underpin the modern prefectural system.

• Imperial House of JapanNarrower topic: Its postwar provisions recast the emperor as a symbol rather than a sovereign ruler.

• Shōwa eraBroader topic: It formalized the postwar political order within the era.

• Censorship in JapanNarrower topic: Its rights framework replaced the constitutional order under which prewar controls developed.

• Imperial Rescript on EducationCompared with: Its sovereignty principle directly reversed the imperial-centered order presupposed by the Rescript.

• Japanese pacifismNarrower topic: Its postwar framework placed pacifist commitments within a broader constitutional settlement.

• National DietRelated: Its provisions establish the Diet as the highest organ of state power and define its chambers.

• Prime Minister of JapanRelated: Its articles define the designation, duties, and accountability of the prime minister.

• AkihitoNarrower topic: Its definition of the emperor as a symbol framed the limits and public meaning of Akihito’s role.

• Heisei eraRelated: Its rules bounded Akihito’s role throughout the era.

• Empire of JapanCompared with: It replaced the imperial constitution and redefined the emperor as a symbol of the state.

• House of CouncillorsRelated: It created the constitutional framework for the House of Councillors.

• Imperial Regalia of JapanCompared with: The constitution grounds the emperor’s public status in popular sovereignty, not sacred regalia.

• NaruhitoNarrower topic: It limits Naruhito’s role to constitutional and ceremonial functions.

• History of JapanRelated: It codified the postwar settlement and continues to shape debates over sovereignty and defense.

• KimigayoRelated: Its symbolic, non-sovereign emperor provides the postwar constitutional context for Kimigayo.

• Government of JapanRelated: It defines the government’s structure and constitutional constraints.

• Law of JapanBroader topic: It sets the legal system’s structure and limits government power.

• Politics of JapanRelated: It sets the rules for the institutions and political powers that structure Japan’s government.