A draft of the constitution of People's Republic of Japan (日本人民共和国憲法草案) (にほん じんみん きょうわこく けんぽう そうあん) (Nihon Jinmin Kyōwakoku Kenpō Sōan) is a draft of an amendment to the constitution of Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan

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 released by the Japanese Communist Party

Japanese Communist Party

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 on June 29, 1946. This draft was published during an animated discussion on the legislation of the Japanese Constitution after the Pacific War

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The characteristics of the draft are the abolishment of the Japanese Imperial system, the adoption of republicanism

Republicanism

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 and democratic centralism

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, and the introduction of socialist policies.