Editing Emperor of Japan (section)

==== Current constitution ====
In 1947 the post-war {{Nihongo|[[Constitution of Japan]]|日本国憲法|Nihonkoku-Kenpō}} became law when it received the emperor's [[royal assent|assent]] on 3 November 1946.<ref name="edict">{{cite web |website=National Diet Library |title=Text of the Constitution and Other Important Documents |url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c01.html |access-date=8 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106232808/https://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c01.html |archive-date=November 6, 2020}}</ref> It provides for a [[parliamentary system]] of government and guarantees certain fundamental rights. Under its terms, the emperor of Japan is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people" and exercises a purely ceremonial role without the possession of sovereignty.<ref name="oxford1">{{Cite book|last=Oda|first=Hiroshi|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232185.001.1/acprof-9780199232185|title=Japanese Law|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-19-923218-5|chapter=Sources of Law|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232185.001.1}}</ref> It was drawn up under the [[Allied occupation of Japan|Allied occupation]] that followed World War II and changed Japan's previous Prussian-style [[Meiji Constitution]] that granted the emperor theoretically unlimited powers.{{sfn|Takemae|2002|p=270}} The [[liberal constitution]] was inspired by several European states.{{sfn|Takemae|2002|p=xxxix}} Currently, it is a rigid document and the oldest unamended constitution.<ref name="anomalous-constitution">{{cite news|title=The Anomalous Life of the Japanese Constitution |url=https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a05602/the-anomalous-life-of-the-japanese-constitution.html |date=15 August 2017 |access-date=11 August 2019 |website=Nippon.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811213143/https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a05602/the-anomalous-life-of-the-japanese-constitution.html |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2019}}</ref>