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.
The National Diet is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house,called the House of Representatives,and an upper house,the House of Councillors. Both houses are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws,the Diet is formally responsible for nominating the Prime Minister. The Diet was first established as the Imperial Diet in 1890 under the Meiji Constitution,and took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the post-war constitution. Both houses meet in the National Diet Building in Nagatachō,Chiyoda,Tokyo.
Yoriko Kawaguchi is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo,she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo,and an MPhil in economics from Yale University,where she became a member of President's Council on International Activities. Currently,she is a professor at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs in Tokyo.
Wakako Hironaka is a Japanese writer and politician. She served four terms in the House of Councillors,the upper house of the national Diet,from 1986 until 2010. Her husband is Heisuke Hironaka,a mathematician.
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2:The Sealed Card is a 2000 Japanese anime film directed by Morio Asaka and written by Nanase Ōkawa,with animation produced by Madhouse. The film is a sequel and finale to the anime television series adaptation of Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura,and is the second feature-length film based on the series. The film follows Sakura Kinomoto as she faces the final Clow Card alongside her friends and allies,and comes to terms with her romantic feelings for Syaoran Li.
Town of Evening Calm,Country of Cherry Blossoms is a one-volume manga written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno. The two connected stories were first published in Japan by Futabasha in Weekly Manga Action in 2003 and 2004,then collected in a single tankōbon volume in 2004. The story is about a family of survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The author based the characters on people who were in Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
Tamayo Marukawa is a Japanese politician and former announcer of TV Asahi,who serves as a member of the House of Councillors of the National Diet. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. She served as the head of the Women's Affairs Office of the LDP in October 2009.
999:Nine Hours,Nine Persons,Nine Doors is a visual novel and adventure video game developed by Chunsoft. It is the first installment in the Zero Escape series,and was released in Japan in December 2009 and in North America in November 2010 for the Nintendo DS. The story follows Junpei,a college student who is abducted along with eight other people and forced to play the "Nonary Game",which puts its participants in a life-or-death situation,to escape from a sinking cruise liner. The gameplay alternates between two types of sections:Escape sections,where the player completes puzzles in escape-the-room scenarios;and Novel sections,where the player reads the game's narrative and makes decisions that influence the story toward one of six different endings.
Ayane Sakura is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. Her roles included Natsumi Koshigaya in Non Non Biyori,Secre Swallowtail in Black Clover,Ochaco Uraraka in My Hero Academia,Tsubaki Sawabe in Your Lie in April,Iroha Isshiki in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong,As I Expected,Suzuka Dairenji in Tokyo Ravens,Nagato-class,Sendai-class,Kuma,Tama,Shimakaze in Kantai Collection,Cocoa Hoto in Is the Order a Rabbit?,Ran Mitake in BanG Dream!,Clarisse in Granblue Fantasy,Yotsuba Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets,Hasuki Komai in Boarding School Juliet,Nao Tomori in Charlotte,Rinne in Pretty Rhythm:Rainbow Live,King of Prism,Yae Sakura in Honkai Impact 3rd,Prinz Eugen in Azur Lane,Gabi Braun in Attack on Titan:The Final Season,Ephnel in SoulWorker and Yae Miko in Genshin Impact. She has performed theme,and character songs for each series. Sakura won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 12th Seiyu Awards.
Sakura Oda is a Japanese pop singer and dancer. She is an 11th-generation member of the pop group Morning Musume. Prior to joining Morning Musume,Oda was a Hello! Pro Egg member.
Sakura Miyawaki,better known mononymously as Sakura,is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is currently a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim,and is a former member of South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One,Japanese girl group AKB48,and Japanese girl group HKT48.
Kotaro Uchikoshi is a Japanese video game director and writer. He is known for his work on visual novel games,including the Infinity and Zero Escape series. His writing style often incorporates elements of science fiction with various scientific and philosophical themes,and makes heavy use of plot twists.
Punch Line is a Japanese anime television series directed by Yutaka Uemura and produced by MAPPA with scripts by Kotaro Uchikoshi,music by Tetsuya Komuro,and character designs by Shōta Iwasaki. The series aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina block between April 9,2015,and June 25,2015,and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks.
Zero Time Dilemma,also known as Zero Escape:Zero Time Dilemma,is an adventure video game developed by Chime,and published by Spike Chunsoft and Aksys Games. It is the third entry in the Zero Escape series,following Nine Hours,Nine Persons,Nine Doors (2009) and Virtue's Last Reward (2012). The game was released for Nintendo 3DS,PlayStation Vita,and Microsoft Windows in 2016,for PlayStation 4 in 2017,and for Xbox One in 2022. As of December 2021,it is no longer available for purchase on the North American and European Nintendo eShop.
The Niigata at-large district is a constituency that represents Niigata Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Since July 2019,it has two Councillors in the 242-member house,a decrease from its previous contingent of 3.
Kimie Hatano is a member of the Japanese Communist Party who served in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. In the House of Representatives,she represented the 10th District of Kanagawa prefecture,while in the House of Councillors she represented the second seat of the Kanagawa at-large district. Hatano is opposed to the Technical Intern Training Program,saying that the workers in the program are being subordinated. She is also opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Hatano supports having more classes available in the evenings at junior high schools and is opposed to stopping state grants to national universities,saying that tuition would increase dramatically.
AI:The Somnium Files is a 2019 visual novel adventure video game developed and published by Spike Chunsoft. Set in near-future Tokyo,the story follows Kaname Date,a detective who investigates a string of serial killings by entering suspects' memories to extract information. Gameplay is split into two sections:first-person visual novel segments and third-person exploration. The plot progresses via branching routes,leading to multiple endings depending on choices made by the player.
Sachiko Hirayama is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2016. She represents the Shizuoka at-large district and is an Independent.
