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The Constitution of Japan

日本国憲法(にほんこくけんぽう)

Every amendment to this law that e-Gov records and, for those whose changes this site has read, what each one changes, provision by provision: the wording before and after, in Japanese and in English, with the words that change marked.

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e-Gov's record of amendments also lists the day this law as first made came into force, 3 May 1947. That is not an amendment.