what government did japan have?
Parliamentary system Unitary state Constitutional monarchy
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 Following the end of World War II , the Constitution of Japan was adopted as an intention to replace the previous Imperial rule with a form of Western @-@ style liberal democracy . 

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 Adopting Western political , judicial and military institutions , the Cabinet organized the Privy Council , introduced the Meiji Constitution , and assembled the Imperial Diet . The Meiji Restoration transformed the Empire of Japan into an industrialized world power that pursued military conflict to expand its sphere of influence . After victories in the First Sino @-@ Japanese War ( 1894 – 1895 ) and the Russo @-@ Japanese War ( 1904 – 1905 ) , Japan gained control of Taiwan , Korea , and the southern half of Sakhalin . Japan 's population grew from 35 million in 1873 to 70 million in 1935 . 

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 The government of Japan is a constitutional monarchy in which the power of the Emperor is limited and is relegated primarily to ceremonial duties . As in many other states , the Government is divided into three branches : the Executive branch , the Legislative branch and the Judicial branch . 

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 Japan 's first modern legislature was the Imperial Diet ( 帝国議会 , Teikoku @-@ gikai ) established by the Meiji Constitution in force from 1889 to 1947 . The Meiji Constitution was adopted on February 11 , 1889 and the Imperial Diet first met on November 29 , 1890 when the document entered into operation . The Diet consisted of a House of Representatives and a House of Peers ( 貴族院 , Kizoku @-@ in ) . The House of Representatives was directly elected , if on a limited franchise ; universal adult male suffrage was introduced in 1925 . The House of Peers , much like the British House of Lords , consisted of high @-@ ranking nobles . 

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 Japanese policy @-@ making centered on the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War ( created in 1944 by earlier Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso ) , the so @-@ called " Big Six " — the Prime Minister , Minister of Foreign Affairs , Minister of the Army , Minister of the Navy , Chief of the Army General Staff , and Chief of the Navy General Staff . At the formation of the Suzuki government in April 1945 , the council 's membership consisted of : 
