Politics of Japan..

The politics of Japan is conducted in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy where the Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet that directs the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in the Diet, which consists of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors. Japanese politics encompasses the multi-party system. The judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court and lower courts. In academic studies, Japan is generally considered a constitutional monarchy with a system of civil law.

The politics of Japan is conducted in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy where the Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet that directs the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in the Diet, which consists of the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors. Japanese politics encompasses the multi-party system. The judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court and lower courts. In academic studies, Japan is generally considered a constitutional monarchy with a system of civil law.

EMPEROR

The Emperor of Japan is the ceremonial monarch in the Japanese constitutional monarchy and is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. According to the Japan's 1947 constitution, which dissolved the Empire of Japan, he is "the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people." The current emperor is Emperor Akihito.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

In the Japanese Political System, the House of Councillors is the upper house of the Japanese Diet, which is composed of 242 members. The term of office for the elected member of the upper house is for six years. The House of Representatives is the lower house, and it is the powerful house in the Diet with 480 members. The term of office for this house is limited to four years. Citizens of Japan, who have attained the age of twenty years, may take part in the election process on the basis of universal adult franchise. The minimum age to the member of the House of Representatives is confined to twenty five years old and thirty years for the House of Councillors.

By: Kevin S.