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Tokyo Tokyo City District
Tokyo Tokyo city district (東京府東京市区, ''Tōkyō-fu-Tōkyō-shi-ku'') was a constituency of the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan, Imperial Diet of Japan (national legislature). Between 1902 and 1917 it elected eleven representatives by single non-transferable vote (SNTV). It was located in Tokyo and consisted of Tokyo City. Tokyo city often elected (anti-mainstream) Kenseitō, Kokumintō, Dōshikai and independent politicians while few Seiyūkai politicians (compared to the party's nationwide position) managed to be elected among the top five. Exceptions were Hatoyama Kazuo and his son Hatoyama Ichirō, Ichirō who in 1917 managed to achieve ''top tōsen'', i.e. be elected with the highest vote. Other prominent representatives from the city of Tokyo include economist Taguchi Ukichi, Bukichi Miki, Kenseikai secretary-general in the 1920s and co-founder of Hatoyama's postwar Japan Democratic Party in 1954, and Tanomogi Keikichi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Representatives Of Japan
The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation, and 289 are elected from single-member constituencies. The overall voting system used to elect the House of Representatives is a Parallel voting, parallel system, a form of semi-proportional representation. Under a parallel system the allocation of list seats does not take into account the outcome in the single seat constituencies. Therefore, the overall allocation of seats in the House of Representatives is not proportional, to the advantage of larger parties. In contrast, in bodies such as the German ''Bundestag'' or the New Zealand Parliament the election of single-seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chūsei Club
The Chūsei Club (, ') was a pro-business political party in Japan. History The party was established by a group of 42 MPs in May 1924 following the May elections; 28 were first-time MPs and the remaining 14 were re-elected MPs, including some who had been members of the Koshin Club.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p458 In May 1925 talks were held about a merger with Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club. Although a merger did not happen, the Chūsei Club was dissolved when twenty of its MPs joined with the Reformist Club to form the Shinsei Club Shinsei may refer to: * Shinsei, Gifu, a former town in Japan * Shinsei (restaurant), a restaurant in Dallas, Texas * Shinsei Bank is a leading diversified Japanese financial institution that provides a full range of financial products and service ..., eleven joined Rikken Seiyūkai and the remaining one became an independent. References Defunct political parties in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takanashi Tetsushirō
Takanashi (written: 高梨) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actress and gravure idol *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese anime composer *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese volleyball player See also *Takanashi clan The Takanashi clan () of Shinano Province were direct descendants of Minamoto no Yorisue, son of Yorinobu. One of the grandsons of Yorisue soon on took the name Takanashi. Takanashi Tadanao was a noted retainer of the Minamoto clan during the ..., Japanese clan {{surname, Takanashi Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maruyama Namasa , an archaeological site from the Jōmon period
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Maruyama may refer to: * Maruyama (surname), a Japanese surname and list of people with the name * Maruyama, Chiba, a town in Japan * Maruyama Park in Kyoto * Mount Maru (other), a number of different mountains in Japan * 5147 Maruyama, an asteroid See also * Sannai-Maruyama Site The is an archaeological site and museum located in the Maruyama and Yasuta neighborhoods to the southwest of central Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, containing the ruins of a very large Jōmon period settlement. The ruins of a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miwa Shinjirō
Miwa (みわ, ミワ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname. Possible writings Miwa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *三和 "three, harmony" *三輪 "three, wheel/ring" *美和 "beauty, harmony" *美羽 "beauty, feather" *美輪 "beauty, wheel/ring" *美環 "beauty, ring; circle; loop" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People ;with the given name Miwa * Miwa (singer) (born 1990), a musician who sung the theme song for the drama ''Nakanai to Kimeta Hi'' * Miwa Asao (美和, born 1986), a beach volleyball player * Miwa Fukuhara (美和, born 1944), a figure skater *, Japanese women's basketball player * Miwa Matsumoto (美和, born 1971), a voice actress * Miwa Nishikawa (美和, born 1974), a director * Miwa Oshiro (大城 美和, born 1983), gravure idol, model and actress *, Japanese cross-country skier * Miwa Ueda (美和, 21st century), a manga artist * Miwa Yasuda (美和, born 1977), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebara Soroku
was a samurai of the late Edo period who went on to become an educator and politician in the Meiji era. Biography Ebara was born in Edo as the son of a lesser retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate, but was an exceptionally talented scholar and selected for the Shogunal military academy based on his performance at the ''terakoya'' temple schools. Following his combat service at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he visited the United States. On his return to Japan, he moved to Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka prefecture to be near the former ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Yoshinobu and assisted in establishing the Numazu Military Academy and Numazu Junior High School. Converting to Christianity in 1877, he was responsible for starting the Numazu Church. Later, Ebara served as chairman of the Tokyo YMCA. In 1890, Ebara was elected in the 1890 Japanese general election to the House of Representatives of Japan, House of Representatives in the Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwaya Matsuhei
Iwaya is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Mihoko Iwaya (born 1964), Japanese footballer *Naomine Iwaya (born 1960), Japanese alpine skier *Takeshi Iwaya (born 1957), Japanese politician *Toru Iwaya (born 1936), Japanese mezzotint engraver and painter See also *Iwama (other) Iwama may refer to: *Iwama, Ibaraki, a former town in Nishiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan *Iwama Station, a train station in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan *Iwama dojo, an aikido dojo *Iwama style Iwama-style Aikido is the style of ... {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1903 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1903.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281 The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 175 of the 376 seats, but lost its majority. Electoral system The 376 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.Mackie & Rose, p276 Campaign A total of 537 candidates contested the 376 seats. Results References {{Japanese elections General elections in Japan Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... 1903 elections in Japan March 1903 events Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikken Seiyūkai
The was one of the main political parties in the pre-war Empire of Japan. It was also known simply as the ''Seiyūkai''. Founded on September 15, 1900, by Itō Hirobumi,David S. Spencer, "Some Thoughts on the Political Development of the Japanese People", ''The Journal of International Relations'' (January 1920) p325 the ''Seiyūkai'' was a pro-government alliance of bureaucrats and former members of the ''Kenseitō.'' The ''Seiyūkai'' was the most powerful political party in the Lower House of the Diet of Japan from 1900 to 1921, and it promoted big government and large-scale public spending. Though labeled "liberal" by its own members, it was generally conservative by modern definitions. It often opposed social reforms and it supported bureaucratic control and militarism for the purpose of winning votes. It viewed the ''Rikken Minseitō'' as its main rival. The ''Seiyūkai'' came into power in October 1900 under the 4th Itō administration. Under its second leader, Saionji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isobe Shirō
Isobe is the name of * Asaichi Isobe (1905–1937), Lieutenant of the Imperial Japanese Army * Eriko Isobe (born 1977), Japanese volleyball player * Kōichi Isobe (born 1958), Lieutenant General of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force * Koichi Isobe (born 1974), Japanese baseball player * Sata Isobe (1944–2016), Japanese volleyball player * Tsutomu Isobe (born 1950), Japanese actor and voice actor Isobe may refer to * Isobe, Mie, town in the former Shima District, Mie Prefecture, Japan * 7187 Isobe 7187 Isobe, provisional designation , is a likely binary Hungaria asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 January 1992, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar O ..., main-belt-asteroid named after Syuzo Isobe See also * Isobe Station (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
