Prime Minister of Japan

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head of government political office public office

The Prime Minister of Japan is the country’s chief executive and political leader, responsible for directing the national government and representing Japan domestically and internationally.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
内閣総理大臣 3
Japanese Prime Minister 2
Prime Minister 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government ⓘ
political office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister
appointedBy Naruhito ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of Japan
canBeRemovedBy no-confidence vote of the House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
domain politics of Japan ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement must be a civilian ⓘ
must be a member of the National Diet ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Shigeru Yoshida ⓘ
flag Standard of the Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
formationDate 1947 ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of Japan ⓘ
insignia Imperial Seal of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Emblem of the Government of Japan
jurisdiction Government of Japan ⓘ
legalBasis Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Article 67 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
memberOf Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
nativeLabel Prime Minister of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 内閣総理大臣
nominatedBy National Diet ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Prime Minister of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister
officeLocation Official Residence of the Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister’s Official Residence, Tokyo
officeType executive ⓘ
predecessorOffice Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
rank highest-ranking executive official in Japan ⓘ
reportsTo National Diet ⓘ
residence Kantei ⓘ
Official Residence of the Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
responsibility appointing and dismissing Cabinet ministers ⓘ
commanding and supervising the Self-Defense Forces through civilian control ⓘ
coordinating foreign policy with the Minister for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
directing the national government ⓘ
ensuring enforcement of laws ⓘ
leading the Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
overseeing the civil service ⓘ
presiding over Cabinet meetings ⓘ
representing Japan domestically ⓘ
representing Japan internationally ⓘ
submitting bills to the National Diet ⓘ
romanization Naikaku Sōri Daijin ⓘ
seat Tokyo ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the National Diet and appointed by the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Excellency ⓘ
Mr. Prime Minister ⓘ
termCondition serves while holding confidence of the House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength no fixed term ⓘ

Referenced by (106)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Yoshirō Mori
Prime Minister of Japan → officeHolderTitle → Prime Minister of Japan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Minister
Eisaku Satō → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Eisaku → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Eisaku Satō
Fumimaro Konoe → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Fumio Kishida → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Hayato Ikeda → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Itō Hirobumi → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Kakuei Tanaka → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Katō Tomosaburō → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Koiso Kuniaki → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Masayoshi Ōhira → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Noboru Takeshita → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Okada Keisuke → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Shinzo Abe → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Taro Aso → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Terauchi Masatake → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Tetsu Katayama → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Yamagata Aritomo → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Yasuhiro Nakasone → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Yoshihide Suga → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Suga → positionHeld → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Yoshihide Suga
Nakasone Doctrine → positionHeldByFormulator → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Security Police (Japan) → protectsOffice → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Chief Cabinet Secretary → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Japan Fair Trade Commission → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Japan Ministry of Defense → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Minister of Defense of Japan → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Minister of State for Disaster Management → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Minister of State for Gender Equality → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Ministers of State → reportsTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Ministers of State (Japan)
Standard of the Prime Minister of Japan → represents → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prime Minister is designated by resolution of the Diet
Army Minister of Japan → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Governor-General of Taiwan → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Prime Minister
IHA → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Household Agency
Minister of Transport of Japan → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Ministry of Education of Japan → subordinateTo → Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ