Japan's Article IX of the Peace Constitution:
Its Evolution and impact,
The end of World War II came about by Japan surrendering unconditionally to the Allied Forces. Japan knew that this would mean the end of their constitutional monarchy and a possible occupation of a foreign army. What they could not have known was that the Allied powers would rewrite their constitution and leave them with out the ability of ever amassing an army again. Article IX of the Japanese Constitution would do just that. This was the Allied way to insure that Japan would never again have the power or militaristic influence to threaten Asia or the world as they had done.
As Japan grew out of the ashes of World War II, they would become Asia's prominent allies with the Western nations in many ways. This led to a re-interruption of Japan's Article IX allowing a "Self Defense Force" which would evolve in to what it has become today. Some people view these changes to be in direct violation of the......
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