The Meiji government very selectively chose aspects of Western industrial ... Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010. The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889). From Hirobumi Ito, Commentaries ...

Frank, author of Downfall: the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, describes their position ... do that," recounts historian Edward Drea. Japan's government was ruled by consensus, and the ...

Tokyo factions ready to fight over manhood suffrage bill in Diet. Tokyo today is witnessing scenes unprecedented in its ...

It was 81 years ago today, the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered this address to the nation on Dec. 8, 1941.

Russia appears keen to boost patriotism among residents on four islands that Japan calls the Northern Territories. Russia ...