President of the House of Councillors

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parliamentary office political position presiding officer role

The President of the House of Councillors is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of Japan’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and administration.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
President of the House of Councillors of Japan	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan
associatedWith	postwar Japanese parliamentary system ⓘ
belongsToPoliticalSystem	constitutional monarchy of Japan ⓘ
chamber	House of Councillors ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Japan ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	House of Councillors committees’ coordination ⓘ
hasDeputy	Vice-President of the House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: Vice President of the House of Councillors
hasJurisdictionOver	plenary sessions of the House of Councillors ⓘ
hierarchicalRank	highest-ranking member of the House of Councillors ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the House of Representatives (Japan)
languageOfWork	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ Diet Law of Japan ⓘ
legislativeBody	National Diet ⓘ
location	Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ surface form: Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo
officeHolderRequirement	must be a member of the House of Councillors ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber	upper house of the National Diet of Japan ⓘ
partOf	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
positionHeldIn	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
replaces	Lord Speaker of the House of Lords ⓘ surface form: President of the House of Peers
reportsTo	House of Councillors as a collective body ⓘ
residenceOrOffice	offices within the National Diet Building ⓘ
role	chair of plenary sittings of the House of Councillors ⓘ ensures observance of rules of procedure ⓘ maintains order during debates ⓘ manages internal affairs of the House of Councillors ⓘ may call and close sittings of the House of Councillors ⓘ may discipline members for disorderly conduct ⓘ may give the floor to members to speak ⓘ may rule on points of order ⓘ oversees administration of the House of Councillors ⓘ oversees proceedings of the House of Councillors ⓘ presiding officer of the House of Councillors ⓘ represents the House of Councillors externally ⓘ supervises the Secretariat of the House of Councillors ⓘ
seat	National Diet Building ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected by members of the House of Councillors ⓘ
style	President of the House of Councillors self-link ⓘ
termDefinedBy	rules of the House of Councillors ⓘ
typeOfPresidingOfficer	speaker of an upper house ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Vice-President of the House of Councillors → canActInPlaceOf → President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

The Diet → hasLeaderTitle → President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

House of Councillors → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

Security Police (Japan) → protectsOffice → President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the House of Councillors of Japan

President of the House of Councillors → style → President of the House of Councillors self-link ⓘ

Vice-President of the House of Councillors → subordinateTo → President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

House of Councillors chamber → usedBy → President of the House of Councillors ⓘ