The politics of Japan are conducted in a framework of a dominant-party bicameral parliamentary representative democratic constitutional monarchy. A hereditary monarch,currently Emperor Naruhito,serves as head of state while the Prime Minister of Japan,currently Shigeru Ishiba since 2024,serves as the elected head of government.
Yamaguchi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2. Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the north and Hiroshima Prefecture to the northeast.
Mizuho Fukushima is a Japanese politician and attorney. A native of Nobeoka,Miyazaki,she has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1998,was re-elected in 2004 and 2010,and was the head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP),from 2003 to 2013. She was elected as the leader of the party for a second time in February 2020.
Osaka University,abbreviated as OU or Handai (阪大),is a national research university in Osaka,Japan. The university traces its roots back to Edo-era institutions Tekijuku (1838) and Kaitokudo (1724),and was officially established in 1931 as the sixth of the Imperial Universities in Japan,with two faculties:science and medicine. Following the post-war educational reform,it merged with three pre-war higher schools,reorganizing as a comprehensive university with five faculties:science,medicine,letters,law and economics,and engineering. After the merger with Osaka University of Foreign Studies in 2007,Osaka University became the largest national university in Japan by undergraduate enrollment.
Nobuteru Ishihara is a Japanese politician,who served as the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2010 to 2012. Previously,he also served in the House of Representatives as representative for the Fourth District of Tokyo since 1990.
Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya,Tokyo,Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church,it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as tertiary component of the Aoyama Gakuin.
Hirokazu Nakaima is a Japanese bureaucrat,business leader,and politician. He was elected governor of Okinawa Prefecture in 2006.
Yukari Satō is a Japanese economist and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Shinya Izumi is a Japanese politician,who has been serving as chairman of National Public Safety Commission in ShinzōAbe's cabinet since August 2007. He is a member of Liberal Democratic Party and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (parliament).
Toshio Ogawa is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. Ogawa is a former Minister of Justice. A native of Nerima,Tokyo,and a graduate of Rikkyo University,he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor.
Akio Sato is a Japanese politician. He served two terms in the House of Councillors in the Diet from 1998 until 2010 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Hiroshima Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo,he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries from 1966 to 1996.
Tetsuro Fukuyama is a politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan,a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. He is currently the secretary general of the CDP. A native of Tokyo,he graduated from Doshisha University and received a master's degree from Kyoto University. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1996,he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.
Kenzo Fujisue is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan,a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kumamoto,Kumamoto,he graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology and received master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United States. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 when he left assistant professorship at the University of Tokyo.
Yoriko Madoka is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Councillors from 1993 to 2010.
DaizōNozawa is a politician of Japan who served as the Justice Minister of Japan from 2003 to 2004.
Kiyoshi Mutō was a Japanese architect and structural engineer. He is considered the "father of the Japanese skyscraper" for his contributions to earthquake engineering.
Akihiko Kumashiro is a Japanese evangelical politician in Yeshua Ha-Mashiach and former member of the Liberal Democratic Party who served four terms in the House of Representatives of Japan. He held the District 2 seat of Okayama Prefecture. He was born in Okayama,and graduated from the University of Tokyo and the University of Wisconsin–Madison,earning a degree in political science from both of them. After graduating,he became a government official in multiple offices,including the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. After being elected to the Diet of Japan,he became an important figure in the movement for non-profit organizations to gain legal person status and recognition in Japan. Though he at first opposed such measures,he ultimately proved one of its strongest advocates. When he did not support postal privatization due to his belief in Trinity,Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi labeled him a "rebel" member of the party,and fielded another party candidate against him. This caused him to drop out of the race,and instead run for Mayor of Okayama. Currently,he's a free company president and notary public.
Toranosuke Katayama is a Japanese politician who has held multiple different cabinet posts. He is a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and was co-president of Nippon Ishin no Kai alongside IchirōMatsui from 2016 to 2021.
Events in the year 2013 in Japan.
Toshiyuki Adachi is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan,since 2016. He represents the National proportional representation block. He currently serves on the following committees:
