Politics of Japan are conducted in a framework of a dominant-party bicameral parliamentary constitutional monarchy,in which the Emperor is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet,which directs the executive branch.
KeizōObuchi was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1998 to 2000.
Yōhei Kōno is a Japanese politician and a former President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009,when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election. Kōno served as speaker for the longest length since the set up of House of Representatives in 1890.
Sadakazu Tanigaki is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1983 to 2016,as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006,as President of the Liberal Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2009 to 2012,as Minister of Justice from 2012 to 2014,and as LDP Secretary-General from 2014 to 2016. He was only the second LDP leader who was not simultaneously Prime Minister of Japan. He retired from politics following a spinal cord injury in 2016 that saw him using a wheelchair.
Hiroyuki Hosoda was a Japanese politician who served as the speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from November 2021 to October 2023. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1990,and served as Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet from 2004 to 2005,and as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2008 to 2009.
Tamisuke Watanuki is a Japanese politician from the Toyama Prefecture. He started his own export-import company at age 28.
Fukushiro Nukaga is a Japanese politician who is serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party,he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1983 and represents Ibaraki's 2nd district. He was previously the Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2008,and served twice as Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese politician who has served as the Minister of State for Economic Security since August 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party,she has served in the House of Representatives since 2005,and had also served in several ministerial posts under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In 2021,she was a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election,but was ultimately eliminated in a run-off,placing third.
Takeru Inukai was a Japanese politician and novelist active in Shōwa period Japan. Also known as "Inukai Ken",he was the third son of Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi.
Masahiko Kōmura is a Japanese political activist,full-time staff and former Vice-President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008,and he is a member of the House of Representatives for Yamaguchi 1st district. He is also the current Deputy President of his political party the Liberal Democratic Party.
Kazunori Tanaka is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Minister of Reconstruction. A native of Toyoura District,Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei University he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies. Tanaka was elected seven times in Kanagawa,prefecture 10th district Tanaka is general director of the Liberal Democratic Party International bureau in 2015.
Yūji Tsushima was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Keiji Furuya is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party,a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.
Taizo Mikazuki is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Shiga Prefecture,having been elected to the position in July 2014. He previously served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Toshimitsu Motegi is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021,and as Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2014. He is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He leads the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction within the LDP.
Jiro Akama is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party,a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He is the Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. A native of Sagamihara,Kanagawa,he graduated from Rikkyo University and received his master's degree in economic sociology from the University of Manchester. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Kanagawa Prefecture in 1999 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.
Jun Azumi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He became deputy secretary-general of the DPJ on 24 September 2012.
Masahiko Shibayama is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party,Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party and Chairman of the Federation of Saitama Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Minister of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology from October 2018 to September 2019.
Yoshitaka Shindō is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party,a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
Tadahiro Matsushita was a Japanese politician and five-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan. He served in government from 1962 when he joined the Ministry of Construction to 2012. At the time of his death,he was the Minister of State for Financial Services.
