National constitutions, like spiritual convictions, should well from within. Whatever else Japan's first democratic constitution may beit was hailed at the time as a model charter of human rightsit is not Japanese. Written in English at the command of General Douglas MacArthur, translated into Japanese and imposed upon a defeated nation soon after its surrender, it has long chafed Japanese pride. "Constitution Day," says Education Minister Ichiro Kiyose, "is not a day of glory but one of national humiliation." Kiyose was defense counsel at the war crimes trial of Militarist Prime...
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