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Events on Saturday 3 May 1947 1
1947Japanese postwar constitution takes effectJapan adopts a pacifist, democratic constitutionThe Constitution of Japan came into force on 3 May 1947 under the Allied occupation. It made the emperor a symbol of the state with no political power and guaranteed civil liberties. Its Article 9 renounced war as a sovereign right.