| Lancelot Lawton - East Asia - 1912 - 766 pages
...opened wide the gates of the Japanese Empire to Christianity once again by the following clause : — "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." The story of early Christianity in Japan affords a striking illustration of the similarity that characterises... | |
| Japan - 1914 - 1244 pages
...missionaries moved the Japanese Gov't, when promulgating the Constitution in 1889 (art. 27) to say: 'Within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, Japanese subjects shall enjoy freedom of religious belief! ' The policy of seclusion adopted by Japan... | |
| Ernest Wilson Clement - Japan - 1915 - 218 pages
...present petitions, "by observing the proper forms of respect." The freedom of religious belief is granted "within limits not prejudicial to peace and order,...and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects." The constitution recognizes another body, the Privy Council, appointed by the Emperor and consulted... | |
| Frank J. Goodnow - Constitutional history - 1916 - 414 pages
...inviolable. Measures necessary to be taken for the public benefit shall be provided for by law. ART. 28. Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief. ART. 29. Japanese subjects shall, within the limits of law, enjoy the liberty of speech, writing, publication... | |
| Shōsuke Satō - Japan - 1916 - 184 pages
...Law." And, Article XXVIII of the Constitution reads as follows : "Japanese subjects shall, within the limits, not prejudicial to peace and order, and not...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." These are our educational and religious Magna Charta, and are to be respected and maintained for the... | |
| Joannes Benedictus Heutsz - Eastern question (Far East). - 1917 - 298 pages
...public benefit shall be provided for by law. Article XXVIII. Japanese subjects shall, within limits prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic...Japanese subjects shall, within the limits of law, enjoy liberty of speech, writing, publication, public meetings and associations. Article XXX. Japanese subjects... | |
| Christopher Noss - Japan - 1918 - 354 pages
...Freedom. But the principle of religious liberty has been included in the Constitution of 1889, which says: "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." This article was adopted in spite of violent protests. The motive that turned the balance in its favor... | |
| Tsunejirō Miyaoka - Constitutional history - 1918 - 36 pages
...shall remain inviolable, subject to such provisions of law as may be enacted for public benefit; that Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief ; that Japanese subjects shall, within the limits of law,' enjoy the liberty of speech, writing. publication,... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1918 - 880 pages
...promulgated by the late Emperor Mutsuhlto on February 11, 1889, and took effect from November, 1890." order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief; that Japanese subjects shall, within the limits of law, enjoy the liberty of speech, writing, publication,... | |
| Arthur Judson Brown - Eastern question (Far East). - 1919 - 730 pages
...governmental policy is one of fairness to all faiths. Article XXVIII of the Constitution provides that "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial...duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." Count Katsura, then Prime Minister, said in 1904: "Japan stands for religious freedom. This is a principle... | |
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