Poder Executivo: chefe do estado: Emperor AKIHITO (desde 7 January 1989)
cabeça de governo: Prime Minister Shinzo ABE (desde 26 September 2006)
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: ABE was elected prime minister with 339 of 476 votes cast in the House of Representatives and 136 of 240 votes cast in the House of Councillors.
Fonte: CIA World Factbook - A menos que indicado de outra maneira, toda a informação en esta página es correta até Janeiro 1, 2007
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