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The Lethal Flaw in Japan's Constitutional System
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2:31:49 - 4:29:49 (1:58:00)

Japan's structural and political weaknesses confused their development of a clear-cut policy on the China war, and the fact that the army and navy were only answerable to the emperor and not to elected officials or bureaucrats, creating a lethal flaw in Japan's constitutional system. China's claims of an undeclared war against Japan are the League of Nations' practical test to prevent aggressive war.

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The 1920s were an exciting era for Japanese history where they embrace the sides of democracy that are sometimes messy and the oligarchs controlling the country start to lose control.
2:31:49 - 2:45:51 (14:02)
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Japanese history
Summary

The 1920s were an exciting era for Japanese history where they embrace the sides of democracy that are sometimes messy and the oligarchs controlling the country start to lose control. An interesting development in this era is that the Japanese take heavily to political parties, getting into the ebb and flow of the confrontation and the ideological battles.

Chapter
The Lethal Flaw in Japan's Constitutional System
Episode
Show 62 - Supernova in the East I
Podcast
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
The chinese are asserting that that 's what you have here and not only that the japanese are these signatories to a number of treaties during these so-called interwar years designed to make war if not uncommon and maybe even totally illegal.
2:45:51 - 4:29:49 (1:43:58)
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History
Summary

The chinese are asserting that that 's what you have here and not only that the japanese are these signatories to a number of treaties during these so-called interwar years designed to make war if not uncommon and maybe even totally illegal.

Chapter
The Lethal Flaw in Japan's Constitutional System
Episode
Show 62 - Supernova in the East I
Podcast
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History