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

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 ...

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