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title: "Meiji Constitution Proclaimed"
year: 1889
country: "Japan"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1889-01-01"
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# Meiji Constitution Proclaimed

> Japan adopted its first modern constitution, establishing a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system that accelerated its emergence as a great power.

## Summary

The Constitution of the Empire of Japan, known informally as the Meiji Constitution, was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force between November 29, 1890, until May 2, 1947. Enacted after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, it provided for a form of mixed constitutional and absolute monarchy, primarily based on the German and partly based on the British models.

## Sources

- [Meiji Constitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Constitution) - Wikipedia

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