 After the war, freedom of speech was widely recognized because of the Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution, and the old Penal Code which prohibited lèse-majesté was also abolished by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.Due to the abolition of the old Penal Code, even critical speech against the Emperor and the imperial system was not legally punished and such criticism became socially more tolerated than before.However, some right-wing organizations and their members often used violence to prevent this transition.