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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
Fonte: CIA World Factbook - Aggiornato a partire da Maggio 16, 2008
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