Politics of Manchukuo

Manchukuo was a puppet state set up by the Empire of Japan in Manchuria which existed from 1931 to 1945.

The organic law was largely an abridged version of the Imperial Japanese Constitution, with an important difference being the lack of any mention of civil rights and the increased authority of the Privy Council.

During his administration, the Kangde Emperor, in an interview with foreign journalists, mentioned his interest in forming a political party with Confucian doctrines.

The Japanese "native" establishment, however, organized some right-wing and nationalist parties, in the Shōwa militarist mould.

Such movements, which had official status, were: Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (1996), The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, New York, pp.