CapitalTokyo Independência660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu) Feriado nacionalBirthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 Dezembro (1933) Constitución3 Maio 1947 Sufrágio20 anos de idade; universal Poder Executivochefe do estado: Emperor AKIHITO (desde 7 January 1989)
cabeça de governo: Prime Minister Junichiro KOIZUMI (desde 26 April 2001)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the Diet designates the prime minister; the constitution requires that the prime minister must command a parliamentary majority; therefore, following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition in the House of Representatives usually becomes prime minister
note: following the resignation of Prime Minister Yoshiro MORI, Junichiro KOIZUMI was elected as the new president of the majority Liberal Democratic Party and soon thereafter designated by the Diet to become the next prime minister |
