Explore Japan’s 1947 postwar constitution that established democracy, civil rights, and pacifism, marking a key transformation after WWII under Allied occupation.

May 3, 1947, stands as a turning point in Japan’s history. On this day, the country’s post-war Constitution came into force, changing the way Tokyo would function for decades to come. The new charter made it clear that the country would no longer have the right to wage war.

The Tokyo Trial of Japanese war criminals laid the foundation for modern international criminal law and the post-war world order, Russian experts have said ahead of the 80th anniversary of the tribunal's opening,

Tokyo’s defence planners are contemplating deterring, and possibly fighting, on their own – a conversation that hasn’t been had for decades.