CASE / 1947–2004
Japan under the 1947 Constitution
A bounded record of Japan's monarchic office under the Constitution effective 3 May 1947; present-day completeness requires review.
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Postwar symbolic emperorship evidence, 1947–2004 1947–2004
Selected formal state acts, succession law, and documented performance of the symbolic office; not a current institutional census.
Formal design
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Article 4 limits the Emperor to acts in matters of state provided by the Constitution and states that he has no powers related to government.
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Article 3 requires Cabinet advice and approval for the Emperor's acts in matters of state and makes the Cabinet responsible for them.
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Articles 6 and 7 assign appointment and promulgation, convocation, dissolution, attestation, honors, and ceremonial functions to the Emperor under the Constitution's stated conditions.
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Article 1 of the Japanese text of the Imperial House Act limits succession to male offspring in the male line belonging to the Imperial Lineage; the project supplies this English paraphrase rather than claiming an official translation.
Rules in use
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The House of Representatives commission digest reports Prof. Yokota's view that the Emperor performs public acts beyond acts in matters of state, while warning of expansion or political exploitation; this does not establish a separate constitutional governing power.