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Tokyo's Diet Electoral Districts
Tokyo currently sends 53 elected members to the Diet of Japan, 42 to the House of Representatives and 11 to the House of Councillors. House of Representatives The current House of Representatives Tokyo delegation consists of 25 members of the LDP, 8 CDP, 3 independents, 3 Komeito, 2 JCP and 1 DPP. District seats PR seats Alongside Hokkaido, Tokyo is the only other prefecture-level division with its own proportional representation block. The PR block consists of 17 members. House of Councillors The current House of Councillors Tokyo delegation consists of 4 members of the LDP, 2 CDP, 2 JCP, 2 Komeito , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalit ..., 1 DP and 1 independent. The members are elected from the Tokyo at-large district. References {{Japan ...
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House Of Representatives (Japan)
The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The 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 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 members and party list members is link ...
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Tokyo 6th District
Tokyo 6th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Tokyo, and consists of major parts of the City of Setagaya, one of Tokyo's 23 special wards. With 2.18 times as many voters as Tokushima's 1st district, it had the lowest electoral weight throughout Japan in the election of 2005. In 2007 the Supreme Court dismissed a claim that the election in this and other Tokyo districts was unconstitutional and thus invalid. As of September 2012, 486,353 eligible voters were registered in the district, giving them the third lowest electoral weight in the country. Before the electoral reform of 1994, Setagaya was part of Tokyo 3rd district, a three-member single non-transferable vote (SNTV) constituency. The post-reform single-member constituencies were used in the 1996 election for the first time. Since its creation, the urban district had been dominated by opposition candidates until the landslide "postal ...
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Meguro, Tokyo
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Meguro City. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. Meguro is predominantly residential in character, but is also home to light industry, corporate head offices, the Komaba campus of University of Tokyo as well as fifteen foreign embassies and consulates. Residential neighborhoods include, Jiyugaoka, Kakinokizaka, and Nakameguro. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 277,171 and a population density of 18,890 persons per km2. The total area is 14.67 km2. Meguro is also used to refer to the area around Meguro Station, which is not located in Meguro ward, but in neighboring Shinagawa's Kamiōsaki district. History The Higashiyama shell mound in the north of the ward contains remains from the paleolithic, Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods. The area now known as Meguro was formerly two towns, Meguro proper and Hibusuma, all parts of the former Ebara Dis ...
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Kenji Wakamiya
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet Diet may refer to: Food * Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group * Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake ** Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss ... (national legislature). A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. References * 1961 births People from Chiyoda, Tokyo Living people Politicians from Tokyo Keio University alumni Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Government ministers of Japan {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ...
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Tokyo 5th District
Tokyo's 5th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It was won by the Constitutional Democratic Party in the 2021 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 31 October 2021, as required by the constitution. Voting took place in all constituencies in order to elect members to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet. As the constitut .... Members References 1994 establishments in Japan Constituencies established in 1994 Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan) Politics of Tokyo {{Japan-gov-stub ...
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Ōta, Tokyo
is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. In English, it is often called Ōta City. , the ward has an estimated population of 716,413, with 379,199 households and a population density of 12,048.65 persons per km2. The total area is 59.46 km2, the largest of the special wards. Ōta's hub is situated around the two stations and , where the Ōta Ward Office and central Post Office can be found. Districts and neighborhoods ;Former Ōmori Ward * Chidori * Chūō * Den'enchōfu * Den'enchōfuhon-chō * Den'enchōfuminami * Higashimagome * Higashimine-chō * Higashiyukigaya * Ikegami * Ishikawamachi * Kamiikedai * Kitamagome * Kitamine-chō * Kitasenzoku * Kugahara * Minamikugahara * Minamimagome * Minamisenzoku * Minamiyukigaya * Nakaikegami * Nakamagome * Nishimagome * Nishimine-chō * Ōmorihigashi * Ōmorihonchō * Ōmorikita * Ōmoriminami * Ōmorinaka * Ōmorinishi * San'nō * Unoki * Yukigayaōtsuka-chō ;Former Kamata Ward * Haginaka * Haneda * Hanedaa ...
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Masaaki Taira
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Edogawa, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ... he was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives from Tokyo Koizumi Children Waseda University alumni People from Edogawa, Tokyo 1967 births Living people Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ...
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Tokyo 4th District
Tokyo's 4th district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It was won by the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2017 Japanese general election General elections were held in Japan on 22 October 2017. Voting took place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan – 289 single-member districts and eleven proportional blocks – in order to appoint all 465 members (down from 475) of .... References 1994 establishments in Japan Constituencies established in 1994 Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan) Politics of Tokyo {{Japan-gov-stub ...
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Shinagawa
is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total area is 22.84 km2. ''Shinagawa'' is also commonly used to refer to the business district around Shinagawa Station, which is not in Shinagawa Ward. This Shinagawa is in the Takanawa and Konan neighborhoods of Minato Ward, directly north of Kita-Shinagawa. Geography Shinagawa Ward includes natural uplands and lowlands, as well as reclaimed land. The uplands are the eastern end of the Musashino Terrace. They include Shiba-Shirokanedai north of the Meguro River, Megurodai between the Meguro and Tachiai Rivers, and Ebaradai south of the Tachiai River. The Ward lies on Tokyo Bay. Its neighbors on land are all special wards of Tokyo: Kōtō to the east, Minato to the north, Meguro to the west, and Ōta to the south. Districts and neighbor ...
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Liberal Democratic Party Of Japan
The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a conservativeThe Liberal Democratic Party is widely described as conservative: * * * * * political party in Japan. The LDP has been in power almost continuously since its foundation in 1955—a period called the 1955 System—except between 1993 and 1994, and again from 2009 to 2012. In the 2012 election, it regained control of the government. After the 2021 and 2022 elections it holds 261 seats in the House of Representatives and 119 seats in the House of Councillors, and in coalition with Komeito since 1999, a governing majority in both houses. The LDP is often described as a big tent conservative party, with several different ideological factions. The party's history and internal composition have been characterized by intense factionalism ever since its emergence in 1955, with its parliamentary members currently split among six factions, each of which vies for influence in the party and the government. The incumbent Prime Mini ...
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