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Constitutional Imperialism in Japan

Japanese political parties, in spite of their faults, have certainly made great progress. The Japan Times, on October 12, 1911, wrote that party government would be welcome “notwithstanding all the evils of the party system, because it will get rid of a self-bureaucracy, assuming the leadership of the nation”. Satoh says:

The formation of the Okuma Government thus proves to be a victory of the principle of party government, and the Premier, Count Okuma, has now the satisfaction of having come out triumphant over his enemies after his many years’ fight for the constitutional progress of his beloved country.[1]

It now seems quite evident that the Japanese political parties, imperfect though they are, have behind them the people of the Empire.

  1. ↑ Op. cit., p. 106.

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