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Law and Government

Japan 's government is known as constitutional monarchy . In this setting , the Emperor 's power is limited being a national symbol or a national treasure that should be maintained and taken care of . As compared with other European monarchies , the royalties in Japan are held as "symbol of the state and unity of the people " by their Constitution It is the PRime Minister of Japan who heads the government

The early influence of Japan government structure was mainly from China however the Japanese legal system began to develop on

its own during the Edo period . Edo period as defined by Suzuki (1995 ) is "The Edo , also called Tokugawa period (Tokugawa-jidai , is a division of HYPERLINK "History 20of 20Japan " \\l !ARV6FUJ2JP " Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 . The period marks the governance of the Edo or HYPERLINK "Tokugawa 20shogunate " \\l !ARV6FUJ2JP " Tokugawa shogunate , which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun HYPERLINK "Tokugawa 20Ieyasu " \\l !ARV6FUJ2JP " Tokugawa Ieyasu . The period ended with the HYPERLINK "Meiji 20Restoration " \\l !ARV6FUJ2JP " Meiji Restoration , the restoration of imperial HYPERLINK "Governance " \\l !ARV6FUJ2JP " rule by the 15th and last shogun HYPERLINK "Tokugawa 20Yoshinobu " \\l !ARV6FUJ2JP " Tokugawa Yoshinobu . The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan " In the 19th century , Japan has developed its own civil code primarily based from those that of Europe

The U .S . on the other hand , as stated by Raskin (2003 , is the world 's oldest surviving...