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House of Representatives (Japan)

Index House of Representatives (Japan)

The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. [1]

70 relations: Aristocracy, Bundestag, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Democratic Party (Japan), Democratic Party for the People, Democratic Party of Japan, Democratic Socialist Party (Japan), First-past-the-post voting, Fourth Abe Cabinet, Genrō, German Empire, Government budget, Hara Takashi, Hirotaka Akamatsu, House of Councillors (Japan), House of Lords, House of Peers (Japan), Japan, Japan Innovation Party, Japan New Party, Japan Renewal Party, Japan Restoration Party, Japanese Communist Party, Japanese general election, 2012, Japanese general election, 2014, Japanese general election, 2017, Kibō no Tō, Komeito, Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Party (Japan, 1998), Liberal Party (Japan, 2016), Limited voting, List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan, List of members of the Diet of Japan, List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Japan, Lower house, Meiji Constitution, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, National Diet, National Mobilization Law, New Conservative Party, New Frontier Party (Japan), New Party Sakigake, Next Japanese general election, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Parallel voting, Party-list proportional representation, Plurality-at-large voting, Prime Minister of Japan, Proportional representation, ..., Prussia, Prussian House of Lords, Rice riots of 1918, Rikken Seiyūkai, Sekihairitsu, Semi-proportional representation, Shinzō Abe, Single non-transferable vote, Social Democratic Party (Japan), Tadamori Oshima, Taishō period, Taishō political crisis, The Cambridge History of Japan, The Japan Times, Tomorrow Party of Japan, Treaty, Upper house, Westminster system, Your Party, Yukio Edano. Expand index (20 more) »

Aristocracy

Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos "excellent", and κράτος kratos "power") is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class.

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Bundestag

The Bundestag ("Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament.

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Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

The, frequently abbreviated to CDP,, or, is a centre-left political party in Japan.

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Democratic Party (Japan)

The, abbreviated as DP, was a political party in Japan.

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Democratic Party for the People

The, abbreviated to DPFP or DPP, is a political party in Japan.

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Democratic Party of Japan

The was a centrist political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.

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Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)

The was a social-democratic political party in Japan.

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First-past-the-post voting

A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.

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Fourth Abe Cabinet

The Fourth Abe Cabinet was formed in November 2017 by Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and is the current government of Japan.

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Genrō

was an unofficial designation given to certain retired elder Japanese statesmen, considered the "founding fathers" of modern Japan, who served as informal extraconstitutional advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa periods in Japanese history.

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German Empire

The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.

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Government budget

A government budget is an annual financial statement presenting the government's proposed revenues and spending for a financial year that is often passed by the legislature, approved by the chief executive or president and presented by the Finance Minister to the nation.

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Hara Takashi

was a Japanese politician and the 10th Prime Minister of Japan from 29 September 1918 until his assassination on 4 November 1921.

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Hirotaka Akamatsu

is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

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House of Councillors (Japan)

The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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House of Peers (Japan)

The was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (in effect from 11 February 1889 to 3 May 1947).

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan Innovation Party

The was a political party in Japan.

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Japan New Party

The Japan New Party (日本新党 Nihon Shintō) was a Japanese political party that existed briefly from 1992 to 1994.

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Japan Renewal Party

The Japan Renewal Party (also JRP; 新生党, Shinseitō) was a Japanese political party that existed in the early 1990s.

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Japan Restoration Party

The, also referred to in English as the Japan Restoration Association, was a Japanese political party.

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Japanese Communist Party

The Japanese Communist Party (JCP, 日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsan-tō) is a political party in Japan and is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world.

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Japanese general election, 2012

A general election was held in Japan on 16 December 2012.

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Japanese general election, 2014

The of Japan was held on 14 December 2014.

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Japanese general election, 2017

The took place on 22 October 2017.

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Kibō no Tō

is a conservative political party in Japan founded by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike.

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Komeito

, formerly called New Komeito (abbreviated NKP), is a political party in Japan founded by members of the Nichiren Buddhist-based new religious movement Soka Gakkai.

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Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The, frequently abbreviated to LDP or, is a conservative political party in Japan.

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Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)

The was a political party in Japan formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii.

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Liberal Party (Japan, 2016)

The is a political party in Japan.

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Limited voting

Limited voting (also known as the limited vote method) is a voting system in which electors have fewer votes than there are positions available.

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List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan

, the House of Representatives of Japan is elected from a combination of multi-member districts and single-member districts.

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List of members of the Diet of Japan

This is a list of members of the Diet of Japan.

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List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Japan

List of Speakers or Presidents (gichō) and Vice-Speakers or Vice Presidents (fuku-gichō) of the House of Representatives.

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Lower house

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.

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Meiji Constitution

The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法; Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kenpō), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法 Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which had the proclamation on February 11, 1889, and had enacted since November 29, 1890 until May 2, 1947.

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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan.

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National Diet

The is Japan's bicameral legislature.

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National Mobilization Law

was legislated in the Diet of Japan by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on 24 March 1938 to put the national economy of the Empire of Japan on war-time footing after the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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New Conservative Party

The New Conservative Party (NCP) was the name of two now-defunct political parties in Japan.

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New Frontier Party (Japan)

The was a political party in Japan founded in December 1994.

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New Party Sakigake

The New Party Sakigake (新党さきがけ Shintō Sakigake), also known as the New Harbinger Party, was a political party in Japan that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 22 June 1993.

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Next Japanese general election

The is scheduled on or before 22 October 2021, as required by the Constitution of Japan.

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Nippon Ishin no Kai

is a Japanese political party.

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Parallel voting

Parallel voting describes a mixed electoral system where voters in effect participate in two separate elections for a single chamber using different systems, and where the results in one election have little or no impact on the results of the other.

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Party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation (PR) in elections in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through allocations to an electoral list.

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Plurality-at-large voting

Plurality-at-large voting, also known as block vote or multiple non-transferable vote (MNTV), is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election.

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Prime Minister of Japan

The is the head of government of Japan.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen) was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centred on the region of Prussia.

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Prussian House of Lords

The Prussian House of Lords (Preußisches Herrenhaus) in Berlin was the upper house of the Preußischer Landtag, the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918.

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Rice riots of 1918

The were a series of popular disturbances that erupted throughout Japan from July to September 1918, which brought about the collapse of the Terauchi Masatake administration.

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Rikken Seiyūkai

The was one of the main political parties in the pre-war Empire of Japan.

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Sekihairitsu

The is a method used in the proportional representation (PR) constituencies ("blocks") for the Japanese House of Representatives to determine the order of candidates placed on the same list position by their party.

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Semi-proportional representation

Semi-proportional representation characterizes multi-winner electoral systems which allow representation of minorities, but are not intended to reflect the strength of the competing political forces in close proportion to the votes they receive.

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Shinzō Abe

is a Japanese politician serving as the 63rd and current Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2012, previously being the 57th officeholder from 2006 to 2007.

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Single non-transferable vote

Single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.

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Social Democratic Party (Japan)

The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō), also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (日本社会党, abbreviated to SDPJ in English) and previously as the Japan Socialist Party (JSP), is a political party that at various times advocated the establishment of a socialist Japan, until 1996.

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Tadamori Oshima

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

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Taishō period

The, or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912, to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Emperor Taishō.

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Taishō political crisis

The was a period of political upheaval in Japan that occurred after the death of the Meiji Emperor in 1912.

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The Cambridge History of Japan

The Cambridge History of Japan is a multi-volume survey of Japanese history published by Cambridge University Press (CUP).

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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Tomorrow Party of Japan

, also known as the Japan Future Party, was a Japanese political party, formed on 28 November 2012 by Governor of Shiga Prefecture Yukiko Kada and dissolved in May 2013.

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Treaty

A treaty is an agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely sovereign states and international organizations.

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Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.

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Westminster system

The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.

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Your Party

was a Japanese political party.

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Yukio Edano

is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)

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