Kokutai no Hongi

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The edition of KOKUTAI NO HONGI inserted on JHTI is taken from the Kokutai no Hongi (Cardinal Principles of National Polity), compiled by the Ministry of Education and published by the Cabinet Office Printing Bureau in 1937. The inserted edition was printed in 1941. Each paragraph of this text, electronically reproduced, is included in JHTI.

The English translation of the KOKUTAI NO HONGI inserted on JHTI is Kokutai no Hongi. Cardinal Principles of the National Entity of Japan, translated by John Owen Gauntlett and edited with an introduction by Robert King Hall (Harvard University Press, 1949). Permission to publish this translation electronically was granted by Harvard University Press. All rights are reserved by The President and Fellows of Harvard College. No person or institution is permitted to publish electronically or mechanically any portion of this translation beyond brief quotations or other fair use recognized by international law. Nor is any person or institution permitted to place this translation on CD-ROM's or convert this translation to printed copies for sale.

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