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Events on Monday 11 February 1889 1
1889Meiji Constitution promulgatedJapan adopts its first modern constitutionEmperor Meiji promulgated the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, establishing a constitutional monarchy with an elected Imperial Diet alongside imperial sovereignty. Modeled partly on Prussian constitutional law, it was the first modern constitution adopted in Asia.