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2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Presidential Election
The 2024 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 27 September 2024 to elect the next President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), president of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party of Japan for a three-year term. Incumbent LDP President and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on 14 August that he would not run for re-election, amid record-low approval ratings following controversy over a 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal, slush fund scandal involving the party factions Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Seiwakai and Shisuikai, both of which disbanded in January 2024. Kishida's Kōchikai also disbanded. Approval ratings were also mired by the party's affiliations with the Unification Church. The 2024 presidential election was the first since the abolition of most of the party's factions in the wake of the slush fund scandal, which led to commentators describing the election's outcome as unusually volatile and unpredictable. Nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percentage Point
A percentage point or percent point is the unit (measurement), unit for the difference (mathematics), arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, the unit (the percentage point) is usually either written out, or abbreviated as ''pp'', ''p.p.'', or ''%pt.'' to avoid confusion with percentage increase or decrease in the actual quantity. After the first occurrence, some writers abbreviate by using just "point" or "points". Differences between percentages and percentage points Consider the following hypothetical example: In 1980, 50 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 40 percent of the population smoked. One can thus say that from 1980 to 1990, the prevalence of smoking decreased by 10 ''percentage points'' (or by 10 percent of the population) or by ''20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Defense (Japan)
The , or , is a member of the Cabinet of Japan, Japanese cabinet and is the leader of the Ministry of Defense (Japan), Ministry of Defense, the executive department of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, Japanese Armed Forces. The minister of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the Prime Minister of Japan, who is the commander-in-chief. The minister of defense is appointed by the Prime Minister and is a member of the National Security Council (Japan), National Security Council. The current Minister of Defense is Gen Nakatani, who took office on October 1, 2024. History On 26 December 2007, the Government of Japan made the decision to reform its Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense in the expectation to have a far-reaching effect on Japan's future military development. The defense policy that has been pursued by Japan is based on the "Basic Policy for National Defense", which was adopted by the Cabinet in May 1957. Japan's ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
The Second Kishida Cabinet was the 101st Cabinet of Japan and was formed in November 2021 by Fumio Kishida, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister of Japan. The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito and controlled both the House of Councillors (Japan), upper and House of Representatives (Japan), lower houses of the National Diet. It was the successor to First Kishida Cabinet, Kishida's previous cabinet. On October 1, 2024, the cabinet resigned in a body. Background After Fumio Kishida called for a 2021 Japanese general election, general election and won a supermajority on 31 October 2021, he was re-elected as the prime minister at a special session of the National Diet on 10 November 2021. As First Kishida Cabinet, his first cabinet only served 37 days, the shortest term in history, Kishida reappointed nearly all of the ministers from the previous cabinet following re-election. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumio Kishida Cabinet 20230913 Side
Fumio (written: , , , , , , , or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese illustrator *, Japanese politician *, Japanese ski jumping sports official *, Japanese sculptor *, Japanese karateka *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese composer *, Japanese economist *, Japanese physician *, Japanese manga artist and character designer *, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese racewalker *, Japanese microbiologist *, Japanese jazz pianist and composer *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese hammer thrower *, Japanese film director *, Japanese jazz pianist *, Japanese politician, former Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese storyboard artist and anime director *, Japanese politician *, Japanese art director *, Japanese jazz trumpeter *, Japanese writer *, Japanese rally driver *, Japanese chief executive *, Japanese sport shooter *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese judoka * Fumio Toy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runoff (election)
The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), sometimes called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality, is a single-winner electoral system which aims to elect a member who has support of the majority of voters. The two-round system involves one or two rounds of choose-one voting, where the voter marks a single favorite candidate in each round. If no one has a majority of votes in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes in the first round move on to a second election (a second round of voting). The two-round system is in the family of plurality voting systems that also includes single-round plurality (FPP). Like instant-runoff (ranked-choice) voting and first past the post, it elects one winner. The two-round system first emerged in France and has since become the most common single-winner electoral system worldwide. Despite this, runoff-based rules like the two-round system and RCV have faced criticism from social choice theorists as a result of their suscep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taro Kono
is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Digital Transformation from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he previously served as Minister for Administrative Reform and Regulatory Reform from 2015 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021, and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He is also a member of the House of Representatives representing Kanagawa's 15th district since 1996. Born in 1963 the eldest son of House Speaker and LDP President Yōhei Kōno, Kono grew up in a political family. Originally planning to study economics in Japan, he dropped out to attend Georgetown University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service in 1983. After working in the private sector for more than a decade, Kono was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1996. In his career in the House, Kono served on various committees before running in the 2009 LDP leadership electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Leadership Election
The 2021 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election was held on 29 September 2021 to elect the next President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), President of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and Prime Minister of Japan. Fumio Kishida was elected to lead the party and assumed the premiership on 4 October. He led the party into the 2021 Japanese general election. President of the LDP and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on 3 September that he would not run for his re-election, amid low approval ratings and media reports of dissension within the party. Suga was initially elected President of the LDP in 2020 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2020 to serve the rest of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's third and final term after Abe resigned in August 2020 due to health issues. Former Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan), Minister for Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida won the election in a second round runoff, defeating opponent Taro Kono, the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Minister Of Japan
The is a member of the cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive officer, chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The minister is responsible for implementing Japan's foreign policy and is also a statutory member of the National Security Council (Japan), National Security Council. The minister is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister and is appointed by the emperor of Japan. Since the end of the Occupation of Japan, allied occupation of Japan, the position has been one of the most powerful in the Cabinet of Japan, cabinet, as Japan's economic interests have long relied on foreign relations. The recent efforts of former Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Shinzo Abe to establish a more interventionism (politics), interventionist foreign policy have also heightened the importance of the position. The current minister for foreign affairs is Takeshi Iwaya, who took office on Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihide Suga
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), LDP) from 2020 to 2021. He had served as Chief Cabinet Secretary during the second administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2020. During Abe's first administration, Suga served as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from 2006 to 2007. Born to a family of strawberry farmers in rural Akita Prefecture, Suga moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school, where he enrolled in Hosei University. Shortly after graduating, Suga became an aide to Representative Hikosaburo Okonogi in 1975, before entering politics himself when he was elected to the Yokohama City Council, Yokohama Municipal Assembly in 1987. In the 1996 Japanese general election, 1996 election, Suga was elected to the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, representing Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa's Kanagawa 2nd district, 2nd d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majority
A majority is more than half of a total; however, the term is commonly used with other meanings, as explained in the "#Related terms, Related terms" section below. It is a subset of a Set (mathematics), set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. For example, if a group consists of 31 individuals, a majority would be 16 or more individuals, while having 15 or fewer individuals would not constitute a majority. A majority is different from, but often confused with, a Plurality (voting), plurality, which is a subset larger than any other subset but not necessarily more than half the set. See the "#Related terms, Related terms" section below for details. Majority vote In parliamentary procedure, a majority always means precisely "more than half". Other common definitions (e.g. the frequent 50%+1) may be misleading #Common errors, (see "Common errors" below). Depending on the parliamentary authority used, there may be a difference in the total that is used to calculat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-round System
The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), sometimes called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality, is a single-winner electoral system which aims to elect a member who has support of the majority of voters. The two-round system involves one or two rounds of choose-one voting, where the voter marks a single favorite candidate in each round. If no one has a majority of votes in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes in the first round move on to a second election (a second round of voting). The two-round system is in the family of plurality voting systems that also includes single-round plurality (FPP). Like instant-runoff (ranked-choice) voting and first past the post, it elects one winner. The two-round system first emerged in France and has since become the most common single-winner electoral system worldwide. Despite this, runoff-based rules like the two-round system and RCV have faced criticism from social choice theorists as a result of their suscep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Diet
, transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type = President of the House of Councillors , leader1 = Masakazu Sekiguchi , party1 = LDP , election1 = 11 November 2024 , leader2_type = Speaker of the House of Representatives , leader2 = Fukushiro Nukaga , party2 = LDP , election2 = 11 November 2024 , leader3_type = Prime Minister , leader3 = Shigeru Ishiba , party3 = LDP , election3 = 1 October 2024 , members = , house1 = House of Councillors , structure1 = Japan House of Councillors Political Groups - November 2024.svg , political_groups1 = Government (140) * LDP (113) * Kōmeitō (27) Opposition (91) * CDP- SDP (41) * Ish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
