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Second Ishiba Cabinet
The Second Ishiba Cabinet is the 103rd Cabinet of Japan, formed by Shigeru Ishiba on 11 November 2024, following the 2024 Japanese general election, general election on 27 October 2024. Members of the First Ishiba Cabinet were reappointed except for Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, Tourism Tetsuo Saito, who has become the Chief Representative of Komeito, Minister of Justice Hideki Makihara who lost his seat in the last general election and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yasuhiro Ozato who lost his seat in the last general election. Election of the prime minister House of Representatives House of Councillors Cabinet Ministers Citation of this table: List of Ishiba Cabinet Members Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Deputy Minister (Japan), State ministers Parliamentary vice-ministers References {{Cabinets of Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 27 October 2024 due to the early dissolution of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet, by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Voting took place in List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan, all constituencies, including Proportional representation, proportional blocks, to elect all 465 members of the House of Representatives. The election was held one month after Ishiba took office as prime minister, after winning a heated contest in the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election, presidential election on 27 September, following the resignation of Fumio Kishida as party leader due to his low approval rating amid the 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal, party-wide slush fund corruption scandal. The dissolution of the Diet was held eight days after the prime minister's inauguration an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or the nomination of the prime minister, the House of Representatives can insist on its decision. In other decisions, the House of Representatives can override a vote of the House of Councillors only by a two-thirds majority of members present. The House of Councillors has 248 members who each serve six-year terms, two years longer than those of the House of Representatives. Councillors must be at least 30 years old, compared with 25 years old in the House of Representatives. The House of Councillors cannot be dissolved, and terms are Staggered elections, staggered so that only half of its membership is up for election every three years. Of the 121 members subject to election each time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Members Of The House Of Councillors
List of current members of the House of Councillors is a list of members of the House of Councillors in Japan's Upper House Members. The House of Councillors consists of 248 seats, 148 in constituencies and 100 in national proportional representation block. Term of Office The term of office of members of the House of Councillors is six years, but half of them are elected every three years, so even if the House of Councillors election is held on the same day as the House of Representatives general election, half of them exist in the House of Councillors. Parliamentary Group As of November 9, 2024. Vacancies *Kanagawa at-large district, Kanagawa : Dai Shimamura (LDP) **Shimamura died on August 30, 2023. *Tokyo at-large district, Tokyo : Renhō (CDP) **Renhō resigned as a member of the House of Councillor to run for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election. *Osaka at-large district, Osaka : Tōru Azuma (Ishin) **Azuma resigned as a member of the House of Councillor to run fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current Members Of The House Of Representatives Of Japan
This List of current members of the House of Representatives of Japan is a list of members of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives in Japan's Lower House. The House of Representatives consists of 465 seats, 289 in single-seat constituencies and 176 in a proportional representation block. Term of Office Members of the House of Representatives have a four-year term, but if the House of Representatives is dissolved, they will lose their seats immediately, before the end of their term. Since World War II, their terms have been completed on only one occasion, in 1976. When the term of office expires or the House of Representatives is dissolved, a general election will be held. In addition, by-elections will be held in April or October if there are vacancies for single-seat constituencies. Parliamentary Group As of 9 October 2024. Vacancies No vacant seats. Members Hokkaido block ;Members by single-member constituencies ;Members by Proportional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshihiko Noda
is a Japanese politician. He is the current leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2000. From 2011 to 2012, he was the Prime Minister of Japan. Noda entered politics in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan New Party. In 1996, he joined the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). After the DPJ won control of the Diet in 2009 general election, Noda was named a senior vice minister of finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and in 2010, was named minister of finance in the cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Following Kan's resignation as prime minister, Noda won the ensuing leadership election and was appointed prime minister on 2 September 2011. Following a severe loss for the DPJ in the December 2012 general election, Noda announced his resignation as party leader, triggering a leadership election that was won by Banri Kaieda. Noda was succeeded as Prime Minister by Shinzo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party Of Japan
The Conservative Party of Japan (, ''Nippon'' ''Hoshutō''; CPJ) is a Conservatism, conservative, Ultranationalism (Japan), Japanese ultranationalist and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist political party in Japan. It was founded by novelist Naoki Hyakuta and journalist Kaori Arimoto in 2023, following the passage of the LGBT Understanding Promotion Act. The party claims to "protect Japan's Kokutai, national polity and Culture of Japan, traditional culture". It is Opposition to immigration, opposed to immigration, LGBTQ rights opposition, opposed to LGBTQ rights and uses Historical revisionism, historically revisionist rhetoric. Party leaders deny Japanese war crimes, Japanese war crimes committed prior to and during the Second World War, such as the Nanjing Massacre. The party is a far-right entity due to the predominance of far-right Netizen, netizens among its membership. Founded by internet Pundit, political commentators, the party's reliance on Internet activism, digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanseitō
Sanseitō (, ; self-rendered as Party of Do it Yourself!! in English) is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan. The party was founded in 2020 and won a seat in the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2022 House of Councillors election, also becoming an official political party by winning more than 2% of the vote in the election. The party promotes COVID-19 misinformation and Anti-vaccine activism, anti-vaccine views. The party's president, Manabu Matsuda, has called COVID-19 vaccines a "murder weapon". Sanseitō gained international media attention during the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, 2022 House of Councillors election due to the party's Secretary General, Sohei Kamiya's Antisemitism, antisemitic rhetoric during public appearances and campaign rallies. Observers noted that Sanseitō differ from usual far right political parties in Japan, as most of its supporters are affluent, previously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Japan)
The is a political party in Japan that was established in 1996. Since its reformation and name change in 1996, it has advocated pacifism and defined itself as a social-democratic party. It was previously known as the . The party was re-founded in January 1996 by the majority of legislators of the former Japan Socialist Party, which was the largest opposition party in the 1955 System. However, most of those legislators joined the Democratic Party of Japan after that. Five leftist legislators who did not join the SDP formed the New Socialist Party, which lost all its seats in the following election. The SDP enjoyed a short period of government participation from 1993 to 1994 as part of the Hosokawa Cabinet and later formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democratic Party under 81st Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of the JSP from 1994 to January 1996. The SDP was part of ruling coalitions between January and November 1996 ( First Hashimoto Cabinet) and from 2009 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiwa Shinsengumi
is a Progressivism, progressive and left-wing populist List of political parties in Japan, political party in Japan founded by actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto in April 2019. The party was formed by left-wing members of the Liberal Party (Japan, 2016), Liberal Party who opposed its merger with the Democratic Party for the People. The party won more than 4% of the vote after contesting the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, House of Councilors election in July 2019, gaining two seats only about three and a half months after the formation of the party. History Founding Taro Yamamoto, a member of the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors for Tokyo at-large district, Tokyo, founded the party on 1 April 2019. This was with the intent of standing multiple candidates, including himself, in the upcoming House of Councillors election later in the year. On 10 April, Yamamoto held a press conference and announced the party's platform. 2019 House of Councillors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Communist Party
The is a communist party in Japan. Founded in 1922, it is the oldest political party in the country. It has 250,000 members as of January 2024, making it one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party is chaired by Tomoko Tamura, who replaced longtime leader Kazuo Shii in January 2024. The JCP, founded in 1922 in consultation with the Comintern, was deemed illegal in 1925 and repressed for the next 20 years, engaging in underground activity. After World War II, the party was legalized in 1945 by the Allied occupation authorities, but its unexpected success in the 1949 general election led to the " Red Purge", in which tens of thousands of actual and suspected communists were fired from their jobs in government, education, and industry. The Soviet Union encouraged the JCP to respond with a violent revolution, and the resulting internal debate fractured the party into several factions. The dominant faction, backed by the Soviets, waged an unsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Ishin No Kai
The is a conservative and centre-right to right-wing populist political party in Japan. Formed as Initiatives from Osaka in October 2015 from a split in the old Japan Innovation Party, the party became the third-biggest opposition party in the National Diet following the 2016 House of Councillors election. The Japan Innovation Party advocates decentralization, federalism ('' Dōshūsei''), free education, and limited government policies. Arguing to remove defense spending limits, and standing with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on revising the constitution, the party gained conservative support during the 2021 general election, primarily in Osaka. The party represents a form of right-wing populism that opposes the LDP's entrenched control over Japanese politics and bureaucracy, known as the 1955 system. History In August 2015, Secretary General Kakizawa Mito endorsed a candidate jointly supported by the Communist and Democratic parties in the Yamagata mayoral electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
