IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE

The article discusses the most essential characteristics of contemporary Japan's political system and indicates important suggestions of its constitutional transformance.
Contemporary Japan, as synonymous with the country ruled by the Shōwa Constitution of November 3, 1946, efficiently unites American political patterns and immemorial traditions of native monarchy. An evident example of such an operation is to-day form of the emperor (tennō), not as a Head of State, but as a symbol of the state and of the nation's unity. Based on numerous legal and factual cases the author describes and commentates unusual status quo of the monarch, both limited in his powers and adored by compatriots.
Unique features refer also to Japanese parliament, government and courts. The first one, two-chamber Kokkai is famous first of all for exotic mode of voting, fisticuffs at the sitting room, as well as for specific justification that induces the electorate to shape the composition of the Diet. The cabinet (naikaku) is characterized among others by powerful position of the Prime Minister (comparable with the German Chancellor) and dualism within structure of ministries where political deputy ministers co-operate with an administrative one. As about the judicature (shihō) the author emphasize not only its interesting structure and system of the appointments to judgeship, but especially disinclination of the Japanese for settlement of their litigations before the court.
However the system of civil rights is widely formulated, the article criticizes real discrimination of Ainu (descendants of Japan's original inhabitants), Koreans and 'untouchables' (eta, hinin, mikaihō burakumin). In spite of unquestionable emancipation, the social position of a woman is still lower than the status of a man.