japanese political structure & framework
DESCRIPTION
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political institution
Government
- Constitutional monarchy
(Japan Government Profile 2013, 2013)
Emperor:• Imperial Head• Ceremonial figurehead• Symbolism
Duties:•Receiving•Awarding•Appointing(The Government of Modern Japan: The Branches and Their
Functions, 2009)
Emperor Akihiko
The Executive Branch
Cabinet
•Prime Minister
•Members of the Cabinet
Prime Minister
• Head of Government
Functions:• Head• Presides• Appoint and Dismiss• Control and guide
(Governmental Structure, n. d.)
Shinzo Abe
Cabinet Members
•Diet member
•Appointed
Cabinet Powers
•Implementing•Engaging•Signing•Overseeing
• Formulating and submitting • Enacting• Deciding
Also: Naming the Chief Justice of the SC and appointing other Judges.
(The Statistical Handbook of Japan 2012, n. d. )
The Legislative Branch
Kokkai or Diet
• Bicameral• Highest branch of state power • “sole law-making organ of the
state”
Responsibility:• Enact legislation
Powers: • Initiating• Settling• Approving• Selecting
3 Categories of Diet Sessions:
• Ordinary• Extraordinary• Special
(Governmental Structure, n. d.)
Chambers:
•House of Councillors
•House of Representatives
Sangi-in or House of Councillors
• The Upper House• 242 seats• 6-year term • Cannot be dissolved• Can reject bills
Shugi-in or House of the Representative
•Lower house•More powerful•480 seats•Four year term•Can be dissolved
(Governmental Structure, n. d.)(Politics in Japan: The Political System, n. d.)
The Judiciary Branch
Supreme Court
• Highest court
•Chief Justice• 14 other judges
Duties:-to determine the
constitutionality of laws and all its decision is final.
Court System:- 3- trial System
Four Types of Lower-level Court:• High courts (8)• District Courts (50)• Family Courts (50)• Summary Courts (438)
(Governmental Structure, n. d.)(The Government of Modern Japan: The Branches and Their
Functions, 2009)
Reference:
Governmental structure. (n.d.). Japan Fact Sheet. Retrieved July 30, 2013 from http://web-japan.org/factsheet/en/pdf/e08_governmental.pdf
Japan government profile 2013. (2013). Retrieved August 12 from http://www.indexmundi.com/japan/government_profile.html
Politics in Japan: the political system. (n. d.) Retrieved July 30, 2013 from http://hhh.gavilan.edu/mturetzky/Pols3/Lecture6TheJapanesePoliticalSystem.htm
The Government of Modern Japan: The Branches and Their Functions. (2009). Asia for Educators. Retrieved July 30, 2013 from http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1950_govt.htm
The Statistical Handbook of Japan 2012 (n. d.). Retrieved August 2, 2013 from http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/index.htm