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Chiba At-large District
The is a constituency that represents Chiba Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It has six Councillors in the 242-member house. Outline The constituency represents the entire population of Chiba Prefecture. The district elects six Councillors to six-year terms, two sets of three each at alternating elections held every three years. Prior to the 2007 election the district elected four Councilors in two sets of two. The district has 5,092,741 registered voters as of September 2015. The Councillors currently representing Chiba are: * Kuniko Inoguchi ( Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), first term; term ends in 2016) * Hiroyuki Konishi (Democratic Party, first term; term ends in 2016) * Kenichi Mizuno (Democratic Party, first term; term ends in 2016) * Junichi Ishii (LDP, second term; term ends in 2019) * Hiroyuki Nagahama (Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019) * Toshiro Toyoda (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019) Elected Councillors Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and Tokyo to the west. Chiba is the capital and largest city of Chiba Prefecture, with other major cities including Funabashi, Matsudo, Ichikawa and Kashiwa. Chiba Prefecture is located on Japan's eastern Pacific coast to the east of Tokyo, and is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Chiba Prefecture largely consists of the Bōsō Peninsula, which encloses the eastern side of Tokyo Bay and separates it from Kanagawa Prefecture. Chiba Prefecture is home to Narita International Airport, the Tokyo Disney Resort, and the Keiyō Industrial Zone. Etymology The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters. The first, , means "thousand" and the second, means " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshiaki Tamaya
Yoshiaki is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yoshiaki can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *義明, "justice, bright" *義昭, "justice, bright" *義章, "justice, chapter" *吉明, "good luck, bright" *吉昭, "good luck, bright" *吉旭, "good luck, rising sun" *善明, "virtuous, bright" *善彰, "virtuous, clear" *芳明, "virtuous/fragrant, bright" *芳昭, "virtuous/fragrant, bright" *良明, "good, bright" *良晃, "good, clear" *慶昭, "congratulate, bright" *由晃, "reason, clear" *与志明, "give, determination, bright" *嘉明, "excellent, bright" *嘉秋, "excellent, autumn" The name can also be written in hiragana よしあき or katakana ヨシアキ. Notable people with the name * Yoshiaki Ashikaga (足利 義昭, 1537–1597), a shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan * Yoshiaki Arata (荒田 吉明, 1924–2018), a Japanese pioneer of nuclear fusion * Yoshiaki Banno (番野 欣 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953,Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the won the most seats. Results By ...
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Leftist Socialist Party Of Japan
The was a political party in Japan that existed between 1948 and 1955. History Following the defeat of the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) in 1948 at the hands of Japan's two main conservative parties, the Liberal Party and the Democrat Party, the Japan Socialist Party dissolved into chaos and internal bickering between moderate reformist socialists and more radical revolutionary socialists. The SDPJ split, with some of its members forming a more centrist social-democratic party, while others formed a more radical socialist party. Both groups claimed the name ''Nihon Shakaitō'' () but different English translations, and are known as the Left Socialist Party of Japan and the Right Socialist Party of Japan, respectively. The left-wing in Japan was in chaos between 1948 and 1955. In early 1955, the Left and Right Socialists reconciled and merged to reform the JSP, months before the Liberal Democrat Party was created through a merger of the Liberal and Democrat parties. The Left S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kan Kase
Kan or KAN may refer to: Places * Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia * Kan District of Iran * Kan, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Batken Region * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code * Kannapolis (Amtrak station), North Carolina, US, station code * Kansas, a U.S. state People * Kan (surname), including a list of people with the surname * One of the Bacabs of Mayan mythology * Kan (musician), Japanese singer-songwriter * Kan Shimozawa (1892–1968), Japanese novelist * Kan Otake (born 1983), Japanese professional baseball player Music * "Kan" (song), Israeli Eurovision song in 1991 * KAN, UK folk supergroup with Brian Finnegan and Aidan O'Rourke In science and technology * ''kan'', PDP ligand, kanamycin A * Iwasawa decomposition of a Lie group in mathematics Weights and measures * A Japanese unit of mass () * Kan, a Korean unit of length Other uses * Kan language (other), several languages * Club of Committed N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party (Japan)
The is a List of political parties in Japan, 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 refounded in January 1996 by the majority of legislators of the former Japan Socialist Party, which was largest opposition party in the 1955 System; however, most of the legislators joined the Democratic Party (Japan, 1996), Democratic Party of Japan after that. Five leftist legislators who did not join the SDP formed the New Socialist Party (Japan), New Socialist Party, which lost all its seats in the following elections. 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 (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party under 81st Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of the JSP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fumie Kataoka
A was a likeness of Jesus or Mary onto which the religious authorities of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan required suspected Christians ( Kirishitan) to step, in order to demonstrate that they were not members of the outlawed religion, otherwise they would be tortured or killed. History The use of ''fumi-e'' began with the persecution of Christians in Nagasaki in 1629. Inhabitants of Nagasaki, whether a commoner, Buddhist monk or samurai, all were required to tread on the icons which were brought house to house. Their use was officially abandoned when ports opened to foreigners on 13 April 1856, but some remained in use until Christian teaching was placed under formal protection during the Meiji period. The objects were also known as ''e-ita'' or ''ita-e'', while the forced test was called ''e-fumi''. The Japanese government used ''fumi-e'' to reveal practicing Christians and sympathizers. ''Fumi-e'' were pictures of the Virgin Mary and Jesus. Government officials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshizō Tsuchiya
Toshizō is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Toshizō can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: *敏三, "agile, three" *敏蔵, "agile, store up" *敏造, "agile, store up" *俊三, "talented, three" *俊蔵, "talented, store up" *俊造, "talented, create" *利三, "benefit, three" *利蔵, "benefit, store up" *利造, "benefit, create" *寿三, "long life, three" *寿蔵, "long life, store up" *寿造, "long life, create" *年三, "year, three" *年蔵, "year, store up" *年造, "year, create" *歳三, "age, three" The name can also be written in hiragana としぞう or katakana トシゾウ. Notable people with the name * Toshizo Hijikata (土方 歳三, 1835–1869), Japanese swordsman and Shinsengumi commander. * Toshizo Ido (井戸 敏三, born 1945), Japanese politician. * Toshizo Nishio (西尾 寿造, 1881–1960), Japanese general. {{DEFAULTSORT:Toshizo Japanese masculine given names Masculine g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
The Liberal Party ( ja, 自由党, ''Jiyūtō'') was a political party in Japan. History The party was established in March 1950 as a merger of the Democratic Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (which held a majority in the House of Representatives) and 22 MPs from the Alliance faction of the Democratic Party, although Alliance leader Takeru Inukai did not join the new party.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp. 568–572 In the April 1950 House of Councillors elections, it won 52 of the 132 seats. In August 1952, Ichirō Hatoyama was allowed to rejoin the party, having been banned from politics as a result of the purge. A former leader of the original post-war Liberal Party, he expected Yoshida to allow him to take over the party again, but was rebuffed. This led to increasing tensions within the party, splitting it into Hatoyama and Yoshida factions. Although the party won a majority of seats in the House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinsuke Kanō
Kinsuke (written: or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese photographer {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 June 1950,Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Party
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