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We, the Japanese people, acting through our duly elected representatives in the National Diet, determined that we shall secure for

ourselves and our posterity the fruits of peaceful cooperation with all nations and the blessings of liberty throughout this land, and

resolved that never again shall we be visited with the horrors of war through the action of government, do proclaim that sovereign

power resides with the people and do firmly establish this Constitution. Government is a sacred trust of the people, the authority for

which is derived from the people, the powers of which are exercised by the representatives of the people, and the benefits of which are

enjoyed by the people. This is a universal principle of mankind upon which this Constitution is founded. We reject and revoke all

constitutions, laws ordinances, and rescripts in conflict herewith. We, the Japanese people, desire peace for all time and are deeply

conscious of the high ideals controlling human relationship and we have determined to preserve our security and existence, trusting

in the justice and faith of the peace-loving peoples of the world. We desire to occupy an honored place in an international society

striving for the preservation of peace, and the banishment of tyranny and slavery, oppression and intolerance for all time from the

earth. We recognize that all peoples of the world have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want. We believe that no nation is

responsible to itself alone, but that laws of political morality are universal; and that obedience to such laws is incumbent upon all

nations who would sustain their own sovereignty and justify their sovereign relationship with other nations. We, the Japanese people,

pledge our national honor to accomplish these high ideals and purposes with all our resources.