Japón Perfil Gobierno 2012

Capital

nombre: Tokyo
coordenadas geográficas: 35 41 N, 139 45 E
diferencia de tiempo: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

División administrativa

47 prefectures; Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyogo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, Yamanashi

Independencia

3 Mayo 1947 (current constitution adopted as amendment to Meiji Constitution); notable earlier dates: 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU); 29 Noviembre 1890 (Meiji Constitution provides for constitutional monarchy)

Constitución

3 Mayo 1947

Sufragio

20 años de edad; universal

Poder Executivo

jefe de estado: Emperor AKIHITO (desde 7 January 1989)
jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Yoshihiko NODA (desde 30 August 2011); Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya OKADA (desde 13 January 2012)
cabinet: Cabinet is appointed by the prime minister
elections: Diet designates the prime minister; constitution requires that the prime minister commands parliamentary majority; following legislative elections, the leader of majority party or leader of majority coalition in House of Representatives usually becomes prime minister; the monarchy is hereditary