National politics of Japan

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The national politics of Japan is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy centered on the Diet, featuring a multi-party system, a powerful bureaucracy, and a dominant role historically played by the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Label Occurrences
National politics of Japan canonical 1
Politics of Japan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political system
administrativeDivisions prefectures of Japan
bureaucracyRole powerful national bureaucracy
cabinetResponsibleTo National Diet
capitalCity Tokyo
constitution Constitution of Japan
constitutionEffectiveFrom 1947
country Japan
defensePolicyBody National Security Council of Japan
dominantParty Liberal Democratic Party
electoralSystemLowerHouse mixed-member majoritarian
electoralSystemUpperHouse mixed electoral system
emperorRole symbol of the State and of the unity of the people
executiveBranch Cabinet of Japan
foreignPolicyDirectedBy Cabinet of Japan
governmentForm parliamentary constitutional monarchy
hasBillOfRights true
hasLocalAutonomy true
hasMonarch true
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Japan
headOfStateTitle Emperor of Japan
internationalOrganizationMembershipInfluence G7
OECD
United Nations
World Trade Organization
judicialBranch Supreme Court of Japan
judicialReview exercised by Supreme Court of Japan
legislativeElectionsHeldEvery 4 years for House of Representatives (maximum term)
6 years for House of Councillors (staggered terms)
legislature National Diet
legislatureType bicameral legislature
lowerHouse House of Representatives
lowerHouseCanBeDissolved true
majorParty Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
Democratic Party for the People
Japan Innovation Party
Japanese Communist Party
Komeito
monarchHereditary true
multiPartySystem true
pacifistClause Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan
partySystemCharacteristic LDP-dominant party system
primeMinisterAppointedBy Emperor of Japan
primeMinisterSelectedBy National Diet
securityAllianceInfluence United States–Japan security alliance
surface form: Japan–United States alliance
sovereigntyVestedIn the people
suffrageType universal adult suffrage
upperHouse House of Councillors
upperHouseCanBeDissolved false
votingAge 18

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CDP region National politics of Japan
House of Councillors chamber category National politics of Japan
this entity surface form: Politics of Japan