Japan Gouvernement Profiel 2008

Hoofdstad

name: Tokyo
geographic coordinates: 35 41 N, 139 45 E
time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Onafhankelijkheid dag

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

Nationale feestdag

Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933)

Grondwet

3 Mei 1947

Stemmen

20 jaar; universal

uitvoerende macht

chief of state: Emperor AKIHITO (since 7 January 1989)
head of government: Prime Minister Yasuo FUKUDA (since 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