Politics of Japan

account of past events in the Japanese civilisation

The prime minister of Japan is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self Defence Forces.

political system of Japan

, formerly New Komeito (NKP) and commonly referred to as simply Komei, is a political party in Japan affiliated with the Soka Gakkai religious movement. It is generally considered centrist. From 1999 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2025, it served in government as the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

thumb|Prime Minister Abe discussing his economic policies in a speech in London, June 2013

political party in Japan

Japanese campaign to conserve electricity consumption

rights of LGBT people in Japan

practice of government regulators being employed later by the affected industries and vice versa

or is a term in the Japanese language for the cultural values and characteristics of the Japanese people. The phrase was coined in the Heian period to describe the indigenous Japanese 'spirit' or cultural values as opposed to cultural values of foreign nations such as those identified through contact with Tang dynasty China. Later, a qualitative contrast between Japanese and Chinese spirit was elicited from the term. Edo period writers and samurai used it to augment and support the Bushido concept of honor and valor. English translations of Yamato-damashii include the "Japanese spirit", "Japan

cabinet minister in Japan

Japanese political party

deputy head of government of Japan

political party in Japan

is a Japanese term referring to the coerced ideological conversions of Japanese socialists and communists who, between 1925 and 1945, were induced to renounce leftist ideologies and enthusiastically embrace the Emperor-centric, capitalist, and imperialist ideology favored by the state. Tenkō was typically performed under duress, most often in police custody, and was a condition for release (although surveillance and harassment would often continue thereafter). But it was also a broader phenomenon, a kind of cultural reorientation in the face of national crisis, that did not always involve dire

Aspect of public health in Japan

1946 proposal for a socialist Japan

insider trading scandal in Japan

Presiding officer of the House of Representatives of Japan

Japanese government entity

Japan–South Korea political exchange

Sports betting, lotteries and pachinko in Japan

thumb|A Japanese student protest in June 1968 thumb|A Zenkyōtō helmet The , commonly known as the , were Japanese student organizations consisting of anti-government, anti-Japanese Communist Party leftist and non-sectarian radicals. The Zenkyōtō were formed to organize students during the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. Unlike other student movement organizations, graduate students and young teachers were allowed to participate. Active in the late 1960s, Zenkyōtō was the driving force behind clashes between Japanese students and the police. Zenkyōtō groups were driven by alienation and a

political movement

Japanese feminist and writer (1943-2024)

shift in US-Japan relations and reconstruction during the Allied occupation

use of trucks with loudspeakers in Japan

Japanese House of Representatives constituency

Rape and murder of six-year-old Japanese girl by US soldier

national proportional representation electoral district in the Japanese House of Councillors