Part 1 Military Defeat and Efforts to Reform the Constitution

• 1-1 Cairo Communiqué, December 1, 1943
• 1-2 Joseph Grew, Address in Chicago, December 29, 1943
• 1-3 Fomulating the Postwar Policy on Japan in the U.S. Department of State
• 1-4 A Message to the People of Japan from President of the United States of America Harry S. Truman, May 8, 1945
• 1-5 U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan
• 1-6 Records of Negotiations Related to the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration
• 1-7 Imperial Rescript of the Termination of the War, August 14, 1945
• 1-8 Truman's Approval of "National Composition of Forces to Occupy Japan " (prepared by SWNCC) August 18, 1945
• 1-9 The Far Eastern Advisory Commission Terms of Reference (SWNCC 65/7), August 21, 1945
• 1-10 Imperial Rescript on the Signing of the Instrument of Surrender, September 2, 1945
• 1-11 Message to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur concerning the Authority of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, September 6, 1945
• 1-12 "Reform of the Japanese Governmental System" (prepared by SWNCC Subcommittee for the Far East), October 8, 1945
• 1-13 Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Basic Initial Post-Surrender Directive to Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers for the Occupation and Control of Japan," November 1, 1945
• 1-14 Bureau of Legislation Internal Study of Constitutional Revision Problem
• 1-15 Toshiyoshi Miyazawa, "Main Points of Revisions of Constitution and Its Appended Statutes on the Basis of the Potsdam Declaration" (Speech at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), September 28, 1945
• 1-16 Teiji Yabe, "Draft of Constitutional Revision" (Interim Report), October 3, 1945
• 1-17 Study in Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Constitution Reform
• 1-18 Record of Meeting of Minister of State Konoye and General MacArthur, October 4, 1945
• 1-19 Memos and Correspondence by George Atcheson, Jr., a political advisor to SCAP, on Prince Konoye
• 1-20 Conference Between Prime Minister Shidehara and General MacArthur, October 11, 1945
• 1-21 Letter, Shigeru Yoshida to Nobuaki Makino, regarding Constitutional Revision by the Government and by the Office of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, October 13, 1945
• 1-22 Aim of the Establishment of the Constitutional Problems Investigation Committee
• 1-23 Minobe Report

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  1. Outline Part 1 Military Defeat and Efforts to Reform the Constitution
  2. Outline Part 2 Creation of Various Proposals to Reform the Constitution
  3. Outline Part 3 Formulation of the GHQ Draft and Response of the Japanese Government
  4. Outline Part 4 Deliberations in the Imperial Diet
  5. Outline Part 5 Enactment of the Constitution of Japan
• Documents with Commentaries
  1. Documents with Commentaries Part 1 Military Defeat and Efforts to Reform the Constitution
  2. Documents with Commentaries Part 2 Creation of Various Proposals to Reform the Constitution
  3. Documents with Commentaries Part 3 Formulation of the GHQ Draft and Response of the Japanese Government
  4. Documents with Commentaries Part 4 Deliberations in the Imperial Diet
  5. Documents with Commentaries Part 5 Enactment of the Constitution of Japan
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