Constitutional Patriotism and National Identity Coexist in Japan - conversation with Hajime Yamamoto
“It seems since 1945 Japanese society has been balanced by a long-term political domination by the conservative camp and a western type of liberal democracy whose legal basis was given by the current Constitution. Consequently, a kind of constitutional patriotism and a so-called national identity have struggled and coexisted throughout the post-war period” – Hajime Yamamoto, professor of law at the Keio University pointed out in a conversation with Lénárd Sándor. [...] Bővebben!