BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170128T1804Z-1485626675.8194-EO-21592-2671@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260814T213731Z CREATED:20170127T230513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T193400Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170215T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170215T140000 SUMMARY: Genealogy of three Principles of the Constitution of Japan: Sovere ignty of the people\, Fundamental Human Rights\, and Pacifism DESCRIPTION: Speaker: Masahiro Nakano (Visiting Professor Aoyama Gakuin Uni versity) In Japan\, as the consequences of the election of the House of Cou ncilors (参議院) in 2016\, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP: 自民党)\, Ko meito (公明党) and some of their followers won two-thirds of the seats in both of the House of Representatives (衆議院) and the House of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Speaker: Masahiro Nakano (Visiting Professor Aoyama Gakuin University)

In Japan\, as the conse quences of the election of the House of Councilors (参議院< /span>) in 2016\, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP: 自民党)\, Komeito (公明党) and some of their followers won two-thirds of the seats in both of the House of Representati ves (衆議院) and the House of Councilors\, and they are going to initiate the amendment of the current Constitution of Japan ac cording to its Article 96.

The constitutional amendment has been the earnest wish of the LDP and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\, becau se they firmly believe that it was “imposed” by the US government when Japa n lost the WWII. This recognition is actually NOT appropriate\, but nowaday s even the ordinary people in Japan also seems to share it.

In order to discuss possible amendments of the Constitution\, at least \, we must share the basic and precise knowledge. This presentation intends to trace and clarify the roots of the ideas of Japanese Constitution\, foc using namely its three principles: (1) sovereignty of the people\, (2) fund amental human rights\, and (3) pacifism. And finally\, I would like to brie fly mention E. Herbert Norman\, Canadian diplomat/scholar in Japanese studi es\, who played an important role at the end of the WWII in this context\, introducing the precious documents the UBC library owns.

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