Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who was head of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed as the Minister of Defense by current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014.
Yuko Sato is a Japanese politician and member of the Genzei Nippon party. She previously served one term in the House of Representatives of Japan's national Diet and currently serves on the Nagoya city council in Aichi Prefecture.
Yūji Tsushima is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Yuji Fujii is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Torahime, Shiga and graduate of Ryukoku University, he ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Shiga Prefecture. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.
Akihiko Yamamoto was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Aichi Prefecture and graduate of Nagoya University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1987 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. He was defeated in the 2009 election by Kazuyoshi Morimoto of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Koichi Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
Taku Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Sabae, Fukui and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukui Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Fukui Prefecture in 1999. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.
Tsutomu Sato is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Shimotsuga District, Tochigi and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for three terms.
Ren Sato is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Usa District, Ōita and graduate of Meiji University, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Nakatsu, Ōita in 1987 but was elected to the assembly of Ōita Prefecture in 1991. After an unsuccessful run in 2000, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.
Events in the year 1993 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 5 (平成5年)) in the Japanese calendar.
The 17th unified local elections in Japan took place in April 2011. In the first phase on April 10, 2011 12 governors, 41 prefectural assemblies as well as five mayors and 15 assemblies in cities designated by government ordinance were elected. In the second phase on April 24, 2011 mayors and/or assemblies in hundreds of cities, cities of Tokyo, towns and villages were up for election. Additionally, a by-election for the National Diet was held in Aichi on April 24.
The 16th unified local elections in Japan took place in April 2007. In the first phase on April 8, 2007 13 governors, 44 prefectural assemblies as well as four mayors and 15 assemblies in cities designated by government ordinance were elected. In the second phase on April 22, 2007 mayors and/or assemblies in hundreds of cities, special wards, towns and villages were up for election. Additionally, by-elections for the national Diet were held in Fukushima and Okinawa on April 22.
Kanagawa 1st district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture and covers the central downtown and southeastern parts of the prefectural capital of Yokohama, namely the Naka (centre), Isogo and Kanazawa wards. It is among many other things home to the Yokohama city hall and the Kanagawa prefectural government building. As of 2012, 420,153 eligible voters were registered in the district.
Politics of Nagasaki, as in all prefectures of Japan, takes place in the framework of local autonomy that is guaranteed by the Constitution and laid out in the Local Autonomy Law. The administration is headed by a governor directly elected by the people every four years in first-past-the-post elections. Legislation, the budget and the approval of personnel appointments, including the vice governor, are handled by the prefectural assembly that is directly elected by the people every four years by single-non transferable vote.
The Liberal Party is a political party in Japan. It has 2 out of the 475 seats in the House of Representatives, and 3 in the 242-member House of Councillors. Formed as the People's Life Party in December 2012, it changed its name to People's Life Party & Taro Yamamoto and Friends in December 2014. The party adopted its current name in October 2016 in preparation for an expected general election in early 2017.
The Kochi at-large district is a constituency that represents Kōchi Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. Councillors are elected to the house by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) for six-year terms. Since the establishment of the current House of Councillors electoral system in 1947, the district has elected two Councillors, one each at elections held every three years. With its 618,834 registered voters it is the third-smallest electoral district for the house. To address the imbalance in representation between districts, a 2015 revision of the Public Officers Election Law will see the district merged with the Tokushima At-large district to create the Tokushima-Kochi At-large district; this change will begin to take effect at the 2016 election, at which one Councillor will be elected.
The Tokushima-Kochi at-large district is a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. The district was formed in 2015 from a merger of the Tokushima and Kōchi at-large districts. Liberal Democratic Party member Yusuke Nakanishi was elected as its first representative at the House of Councillors election in July 2016.
The Fukui at-large district is a constituency that represents Fukui Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has two Councillors in the 242-member house.
The Shizuoka at-large district is a constituency that represents Shizuoka Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
The 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors will be held on July 2019 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet of Japan, for a term of six years.
