Postwar Japan - Politics

Politics

The politics of postwar Japan under the Constitution of Japan.

During the Cold War, the Liberal Democratic Party dominated the political system. The 1990s was a period of ephemeral parties; in the 2000s the Democratic Party finally gained power.

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    Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.
    Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)

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