Eras Of Japan
Japan is an island country in eastern Asia. Japan has a population of 123.7 million people. Japan is
one of the leading industrialized countries in the world. Japanese history can be understood in
specific periods of change and reform. These periods are known as eras. They go like this, first
comes the Jomon, then Yoyai, the Tomb Period, the Introduction of Buddhism, Taika Reform, Nara,
Heian, Kamakura , Kemmu Restoration, Ashikaga (Muromochi), Feudal/Warring Era, Unification,
Tokugawa (Edo), Meiji Restoration and Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and then, finally, contemporary Japan
(Heinrich 2009). These eras typically delineate the reign of different royal families. With each new
emperor came new traditions, and subsequently, new law as well. History...show more content...
Before the Meiji Era, it was built off of a combination of Chinese law and Korean law, as well as
elements from other immigrant countries (Ibusuki, Okuhara 2015; Levin 2009; Heinrich 2009).
Modern Japanese law, i.e, post–Meiji era law, was inducted in 1946, and it was built off of similar
standards in European Law (Ibusuki, Okuhara, 2015). This radical change in the legal system was
likely directly affected by the end of WWII (Ibusuki, Okuhara, 2015). Centralized governmental
structure with a weak federal government (Moriyama 2014). The current system, instituted in 1946,
is divided into 3 branches: legislative, judicial, and governmental, much like the American legal
system (Ibusuki, Okuhara 2015). Japan has a 31 Article constitution, which mostly focuses on the
protection of human rights. This Constitutional law was based on the American constitution
(Ibusuki, Okuhara 2015). Another branch of law arose from American inspiration: criminal law.
This protects the rights of individuals when faced with crime (Ibusuki, Okuhara 2015). The six
codes: The civil code (1896), the commercial code (1899), the criminal code (1907), the
constitution of Japan (1946), the code of criminal procedure (1948), and the code of civil
procedure (1996) (Britannica 2016). National Police Agency (NPA): Japanese police have the same
role as American police do, with patrol cars, emergency call numbers, and police
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