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Tokushima At-large District (House Of Representatives)
was a constituency of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It consists of Tokushima Prefecture and elects two Councillors, one every three years by a first-past-the-post system for a six-year term. In the first election in 1947, Tokushima like all districts used single non-transferable vote to elect both its Councillors in one election. Single-member districts (''ichinin-ku'') for the House of Councillors often play a decisive role for the outcome of elections as little swing in votes is required to achieve a change of the Councillors elected there. Tokushima in predominantly rural Shikoku has for decades voted for candidates from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) or ex-LDP conservative independents by large margins. In the landslide election of 1989 that left the LDP-led government without a majority in the House of Councillors for the first time, a so-called "twisted parliament" (''nejire kokkai''), Harumi Inui from RENGO trade union federation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Councillors Of Japan
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or designation 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 so that only half of its membership is up for election every three years. Of the 121 members subject to election each time, 73 are elected from 45 districts by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) and 48 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JANJAN
''JANJAN'' (), short for ''Japan Alternative News for Justices and New Cultures'' (), was a Japanese online newspaper started by Ken Takeuchi, journalist and former mayor of Kamakura, Kanagawa. Launched in February 2003, the newspaper is credited for pioneering citizen journalism in Japan. After registration, anyone was free to post comments on the JANJAN website. However, there were different windows for registering depending on the nationality or ethnicity of the potential poster (i.e. a different one for "Foreigners" (外国の方) and Japanese). The bulk of the newspaper's revenue came from advertisements by its corporate sponsor. Due a lack of revenue, the newspaper ceased publication at the end of March 2010. In May of the same year, it was replaced by a journalistic blog named "JanJanBlog", which was operated until 31 December 2013. , articles on both the newspaper and blog are no longer available. References * The article was originally a partial translation of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentarō Kujime
Kentarō, Kentaro, Kentarou or Kentaroh (written: , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * DJ Kentaro (born 1982), Japanese DJ, remixer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese composer, pianist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese football player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese swimmer and Olympic medalist *, Japanese comedian, theatre director, manga artist *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese football player *, Japanese runner *, Japanese football player *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese film director *, Japanese model and actor *, Japanese football player *, Japanese composer and conductor, also known as Ken-P *, Japanese football player *, Japanese football player *, Japanese football player *, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 7 July 1968,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 Democratic Party won the most seats, although this marked the first House of Councillors election in the LDP's history in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965,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 Democratic Party won the most seats. Results By constituency Refere ...
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1962 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 1 July 1962,Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats. This was the first Japanese national election to feature the Kōmeitō (1962–1998), Kōmeitō as a candidate, as it had formed earlier in the same year. As is typical for House of Councillors elections, candidate personality and public appeal played a stronger role than they would in a House of Representatives election; the first place winner for the national distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 2 June 1959,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 Democratic Party won the most seats. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Japanese House Of Councillors Election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 8 July 1956,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 plus two vacant seats in the other half. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats, b ... [...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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National Democratic Party (Japan)
The National Democratic Party ( ja, 国民民主党, ''Kokumin Minshutō'') was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1950 until 1952. History The party was established on 28 April 1950 as a merger of the Democratic Party (the 47 National Diet members remaining in the party after another faction had left to form the Democratic Liberal Party), the National Cooperative Party (14 members) and the New Politics Council (five members); the new party also had 43 members of the House of Councillors, 36 from the DP and seven from the NPC.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp577–578 House of Councillors elections were held in June 1950 and the new party contested all 132 seats. However, it had only nine members elected, and the heavy defeat led to tensions within the party over whether to join foreign policy discussions with the Liberal Party. Although the party leadership eventually agreed to join a coalition with the Liber ... [...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
The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. T ...
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