caa a22 4500 606151613 CHVBK 20210128100544.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9479-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9479-5 Creighton Millie Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, 6303 NW Marine Dr., V6T 1Z1, Vancouver, BC, Canada aut Civil Society Volunteers Supporting Japan's Constitution, Article 9 and Associated Peace, Diversity, and Post-3.11 Environmental Issues [Elektronische Daten] [Millie Creighton] This article explores Japanese civil society through voluntary activity in the Save Article 9 movement, a citizen's activism movement reaching over 7,000 groups in Japan initiated to counter attempts of some government leaders to change or eliminate the current constitution and Article 9-Japan's renunciation of war and militarism clause. It traces influences on Japan's so-called "Peace Constitution” as it developed in the postwar period, cyclical challenges to it, and cyclical responses of citizens to preserve and protect it. It discusses an Austrian born woman who grew up in Japan and through circumstances after the war became part of the constitutional drafting committee though neither Japanese nor American at that time. It discusses the emergence of the Save Article 9 movement and activities of those in it. It presents the story of one woman who was a founder of a group, the daughter of a former governor of Osaka Prefecture, whose story reflects her commitment and provides a window on her father as a prisoner in Siberian camps for five years after the war ended, as an advocate for the postwar constitution, and of "social law” as Governor of Osaka Prefecture in the 1970s. It also discusses the similar orientation of the Governors of Tokyo Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture during that decade. The article discusses how, after halting the threat to Article 9 in the first decade of the twenty-first century, Save Article 9 groups have continued to pursue a holistic vision of peace by being active in post-3.11 environmental debates, and as advocates for better relations between Japan and other Asian countries, notably Korea and China, and for greater inclusion of minorities in Japan, while remaining prepared for a re-emerging challenge to Japan's peace constitution and its non-militarism clause Article 9. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Japan nationallicence Japan's constitution nationallicence Article 9 nationallicence Save Article 9 movement nationallicence Civil society nationallicence Inter-Asian Relations nationallicence Japan-Korea Relations nationallicence Japan-China Relations nationallicence Resident Koreans nationallicence Citizen activism in Japan nationallicence VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 121-143 0957-8765 26:1<121 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9479-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9479-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Creighton Millie Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, 6303 NW Marine Dr., V6T 1Z1, Vancouver, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 121-143 0957-8765 26:1<121 2015 26 11266