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• Preface
• Chapter1 Initial Steps toward a Constitutional State
  • Outline
  • a. Conceptions of the Form of Government circa the Meiji Restoration
  • b. Attempts at Constitutional Government
• Chapter2 Evolution of the Meiji State
  • Outline
  • a. Drafting the Meiji Constitution
  • b. Establishment of the Imperial Diet
  • c. Evolution of Diet Politics
  • d. Foreign Relations in the Meiji Era
• Chapter3 Taisho Democracy
  • Outline
  • a. Political Upheavals in the Taisho Era
  • b. The First World War and Japan
  • c. The Era of Party based Government
• Chapter4 Crisis in Constitutional Politics
  • Outline
  • a. End of Party Cabinets
  • b. Rise of the Military
  • c. Dissolution of Political Parties and Emergence of Yokusan (Imperial Rule Assistance) System
  • d. Wartime Japan
• Chapter5 Reconstruction of Japan
  • Outline
  • a. End of the War and Allied Occupation
  • b. Rebuilding Political Parties and General Election
  • c. The GHQ and Postwar Reform
  • d. Shift in Occupation Policies and Recovery of Independence
• Chapter6 Establishment of 1955 System
  • Outline
  • a. From the YOSHIDA Cabinet to the HATOYAMA Cabinet
  • b. Establishment of 1955 System
  • c. Era before and after struggle over Japan-U.S. Security Treaty

• Column
  • The Walls Have Ears
  • Cipher Wheel of The Meiji Era's Cryptographic Wheel
  • Imperial Weather Map
  • The 1894 (Meiji 27) Divination of Important Figures' Fortunes
  • "Star" and "Bamboo"
  • An Account about Naming the New Imperial Era - Could "Showa" Have Been "Kobun" Instead?
  • IITO Miyoji's Movement to Oppose Japan's Withdrawal from the League of Nations
  • Election Campaign Tours through all ages
  • Parliament in Brawl and Lament by Secretary General of House of Representatives
• What Are Historical Materials?
• How to Use Historical Records
  • How to Use Historical Records. -The Basics-
  • What is the letter about? - The Contents -
  • Exploring the Background by Comparison with Other Materials - The Search -
• Slide show
• Chronological Table
• List of Documents
• References
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