... defined by the Meiji constitution made it so. The ambiguity surrounding the role of the emperor and the military in the structure of Japanese government is commented on by Kato Shuichi, saying that 'the very fact that there was a liberalization of policies without changing basic political institutions made possible the reverse, an extreme militarization of the state without changing its structure.'12 For all this ... was passed almost simultaneously alongside the infamous Peace Preservation Law, an unforgiving attack on dissenting activity that will be considered later on in this essay...

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