The success of democracy in Japan in the twentieth century were no doubt due to the modernization ofthe society as a whole, but the introduction of democratic ideas and institution in the nineteenth century must be attributed to other factors. ..... For a half century, democratic institutions steadily expanded their scope and power, until by the 1920's Japa had become much more democratic than most Meiji Japanese would have desired.
――早稲田大学(理工学部)――2003年