From the 1870s through the 1920s, Japan underwent rapid and widespread modernization and nation-building. In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional monarchy, ...

Under the constitution written by the US, Japan became a constitutional monarchy with the emperor kept on as "symbol of the state" who is forbidden from being involved in politics. The ...

The moment Japan's new emperor inherits the Imperial Treasures Some constitutional duties ... emperor but are based on cabinet decision. The monarchy is closely entwined with Shintoism, the ...