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This InfoGuide is presented by the Japan studies program of the Council on Foreign Relations and made possible by the generous funding of the United States-Japan Foundation.

We would like to thank the following for their generous collaboration. In particular, we are grateful for the research and archives of:

• Asahi Shimbun
• Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia University Law School
• Constitutional Revision Research Project, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
• Gordon W. Prange Collection, University of Maryland Libraries
• NHK
• Nikkei Shimbun
• Nikkei Research
• Yomiuri Shimbun

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Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies

Jeremy Fuller, Research Associate for Japan Studies

Erin Gallagher, Research Associate for Japan Studies

Kyle Bezold, Intern for Japan Studies

Spencer Cohen, Intern for Japan Studies

Victoria Edwards, Intern for Japan Studies

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