Giappone Governo Profilo 2008

Capitale

nome: Tokyo
coordinate geografiche: 35 41 N, 139 45 E
differenza di tempo: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Indipendenza

660 B.C. (traditional founding by Emperor JIMMU)

Festa nazionale

Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 Dicembre (1933)

Costituzione

3 Maggio 1947

Suffragio

20 anni; universal

Ramo esecutivo

capo dello stato: Emperor AKIHITO (da allora 7 January 1989)
capo di governo: Prime Minister Yasuo FUKUDA (da allora 26 September 2007)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister
elections: Diet designates prime minister; constitution requires that prime minister commands parliamentary majority; following legislative elections, leader of majority party or leader of majority coalition in House of Representatives usually becomes prime minister; monarch is hereditary
election results: FUKUDA elected prime minister with 338 of 477 votes cast in the House of Representatives; he received 106 of 240 votes cast in the House of Councillors; vote of House of Representatives prevailed