After a series of exhaustive wars in Meiji Era which didn't go as successful as OTL, the Japanese start to loathe the new imperial government for their military adventurism, overt westernization, Satsuma-Chōshū oligarchy, corruption, and broken promises on liberal democracy.
The death of Emperor Meiji (1912 IOTL, can be earlier ITTL) triggered a series of political transformations that rejected the authoritarian and militarist elements of the Meiji restoration, and resulted in a new constitution more focused on peace and liberal democracy, in line of Meiji Era Freedom and People's Rights Movement.
Think of the trends of Taishō democracy, but more institutionalised.
(What I really want to ask: was it possible for military defeat to lead to democratization? Or even worse militarism?)
The death of Emperor Meiji (1912 IOTL, can be earlier ITTL) triggered a series of political transformations that rejected the authoritarian and militarist elements of the Meiji restoration, and resulted in a new constitution more focused on peace and liberal democracy, in line of Meiji Era Freedom and People's Rights Movement.
Think of the trends of Taishō democracy, but more institutionalised.
(What I really want to ask: was it possible for military defeat to lead to democratization? Or even worse militarism?)
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