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.
The Social Democratic Party is a political party in Japan that was established in 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996,it has advocated pacifism and defined itself as a social-democratic party. It was previously known as the Japan Socialist Party.
Ryoko Tani is a Japanese politician and retired female judoka.
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.
RenhōSaitō,known mononymously as Renhō,is a Japanese politician and former journalist who served as member of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2024. She was the leader of the now-defunct major opposition party,the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017. Renhōwas a candidate for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the support of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP),Japanese Communist Party (JCP),and the Social Democratic Party (SDP),but was defeated by incumbent Yuriko Koike,placing third behind Shinji Ishimaru.
Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician,who has served as the Governor of Tokyo since 2016. Previously,she was also served as a member of the House of Councillors from 1992 to 1993,a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2016,Minister of the Environment under from 2003 to 2006,and Minister of Defense in between July and August 2007.
Events in the year 2005 in Japan.
Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area,centered around the city,has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western Japan. The city was founded on June 1,1889. As of February 2023,the city has an estimated population of 700,940 and a population density of 890 people per km2. The total area is 789.95 square kilometres.
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 29 July 2001. They were the first national elections since Junichiro Koizumi became Prime Minister after Yoshiro Mori resigned in April 2001. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its election allies,were the major winner,provided Koizumi a strong mandates to move forward with his reform policies. The ruling coalition performed well,and regain their majority in the House of Councillors.
Tamayo Marukawa is a Japanese politician and former announcer of TV Asahi,who served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2024. 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.
Azuma Koshiishi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party,a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet,and general secretary of the ruling Democratic Party. A native of Nirasaki,Yamanashi,and graduate of Tsuru University,he was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1990,where he served for two terms until 1996 when he failed to be re-elected. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.
Akiko Santō is a Japanese politician who served as President of the House of Councillors from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party,she was previously the vice president of the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2010.
Keiko Chiba is a former justice minister of Japan.
Kyoko Nakayama is a Japanese politician and a former leader of the Party for Japanese Kokoro. In the past she has been a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),Sunrise Party of Japan and Japan Restoration Party and is serving her second term as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. She was Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for the North Korean abduction issue under Junichiro Koizumi,beginning in 2002. She left the post in 2004 but was reappointed by ShinzōAbe in 2006. She was appointed by Yasuo Fukuda as State Minister in charge of the Population and Gender Equality Issues on August 1,2008.
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 21,2013 to elect the members of the upper house of the National Diet. In the previous elections in 2010,the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) remained the largest party,but the DPJ-led ruling coalition lost its majority. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six year terms. In 2013,the class of Councillors elected in 2007 was up.
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on Sunday 10 July 2016 to elect 121 of the 242 members of the upper house of the National Diet,for a term of six years. As a result of the election,the Liberal Democratic Party–Komeito coalition gained ten seats for a total of 145,the largest coalition achieved since the size of the house was set at 242 seats.
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Japan.
The Democratic Party,was a political party in Japan. It was the largest opposition political party in Japan from 2016 until its marginalization in the House of Representatives in 2017. The party was founded on 27 March 2016 from the merger of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party. The majority of the party split on 28 September 2017,before the 2017 general election. Many of its members contesting the election as candidates for the Party of Hope,Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan or as party members without nomination. On 7 May 2018 the DP merged with the Party of Hope to form the Democratic Party For the People.
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 10 July 2022 to elect 125 of the 248 members of the upper house of the National Diet,for a term of six years. The elected candidate with the fewest votes in the Kanagawa prefectural district will serve for three years,as the district combined its regular and byelections.
Kimi Onoda is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. She served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense from 2022 to 2023 and is a member of the House of Councillors representing Okayama. She previously served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021 under the Suga Cabinet.
