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JAPAN
Government
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Type of Government
Japan is a parliamentary
democracy under a constitutional monarch. The chief of state is the emperor;
Emperor Akihito was crowned in 1990 after the death of his father, Emperor
Hirohito. The head of the government is the prime minister.
Power within
the government resides mainly in the prime minister, who is the leader
of the majority party of the Diet, or parliament. The prime minister dissolves
the House of Representatives every two or three years. The prime
minister also appoints the Supreme Court and leads the Cabinet.
The Diet is
made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors.
Both are elected, with the House of Representatives having more authority.
Finally, the cabinet is responsible to the Diet. In the Cabinet it is the
Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
(MITI) that are the most important.
Links for
More Information
CIA
World Factbook: Japan Government
Japanese Embassy
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Sources:
Central
Intelligence Agency
The
Library of Congress Country Studies |
