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Empire of Japan: Information from Answers.com (5713 words) |
 | Although it was in the 1889 Constitution of the Empire of Japan that the title Empire of Japan was officially used for the first time, it was not until 1936 that the proper official title of the country was legalized. |
| Japan was forced to import raw materials such as iron, oil, and coal to maintain strong growth in the industrial sector due to the lack of natural resources on Japan's home islands. |
| Japan claimed that this invasion was a liberation of the Manchus from the Chinese, just as it had claimed that the annexation of Korea was an act of protection. |
| Constitution of the Empire of Japan - Wikisource (3109 words) |
| The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal. |
| Those already fixed expenditures based by the Constitution upon the powers appertaining to the Emperor, and such expenditures as may have arisen by the effect of law, or that appertain to the legal obligations of the Government, shall be neither rejected nor reduced by the Imperial Diet, without the concurrence of the Government. |
| Original manuscript of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Digital Gallery) In Traditional Japanese (Historical kana usage, and Old Kanji Characters), as JPEG file. |
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