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Ōita 2nd District
Ōita 2nd district (大分県第2区, ''Ōita-ken dai-niku'' or simply 大分2区, ''Ōita-niku '') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan located in Ōita Prefecture. Areas covered Since 2013 * Part of Ōita city * Bungo-Ōno * Hita * Saiki * Taketa * Tsukumi * Yufu * Usuki * Kusu District 2002 - 2013 * Hita * Saiki * Taketa * Tsukumi * Usuki * Kitaamabe District * Minamiamabe District * Naoiri District * Kusu District * Ōita District * Ōno District * Hita District 1994 - 2002 * Part of Ōita city * Saiki * Taketa * Tsukumi * Usuki * Kitaamabe District * Minamiamabe District * Naoiri District * Ōno District ONO, Ono or Ōno may refer to: Places Fiji * Ono Island (Fiji) Israel * Kiryat Ono * Ono, Benjamin, ancient site Italy * Ono San Pietro Ivory Coast * Ono, Ivory Coast, a village in Comoé District Japan * Ōno Castle, Fukuoka * ... List of representatives Election r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliament
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. The term is similar to the idea of a senate, synod or congress and is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies. Some contexts restrict the use of the word ''parliament'' to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems (e.g., the Parliament of Ghana), even where it is not in the Legal name, official name. Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies. What is considered to be the first modern parliament, was the Cortes of León, held in the Kingdom of León in 1188. According to the UNESCO, the Decreta of Leon of 1188 is the oldest documentary manifestation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 25 June 2000 to elect the 480 members of the House of Representatives. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) remained the largest party in the House of Representatives but lost seats, along with its two coalition partners. Two cabinet members, Takashi Fukaya and Tokuichiro Tamazawa, lost their seats. The Democratic Party made major gains under the leadership of Yukio Hatoyama. Background Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi suffered a stroke in April 2000 and was replaced by Yoshiro Mori. Although the term limit for the House of Representatives would have been reached in October 2000, Mori dissolved the House on June 2 in what became popularly known as the due to a controversial statement by Mori prior to the election, which preceded a slump in government approval ratings from 40% to 20%. The LDP government advocated continued public works spending while the opposition advocated less spending and more governmental reforms. The Social Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seishirō Etō
is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. Career A native of Kusu District, Ōita, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected: in 1971 as the Mayor of the town of Kusu, Ōita, elected in 1977 to the House of Councilors and elected in 1983 to the House of Representatives for his inaugural term; Eto has been returned to office eight times for the 2nd District for Oita Prefecture. In 1995, he was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency and in 2001, he was Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2002, he was elected as a head of the LDP's Oita Prefecture chapter and in 2009, he was elected as Vice-Speaker for the House of Representatives. Etō was a leader in the movement to make Mountain Day a national holiday, and was affiliated with the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. Honours * : Medal of Honour by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Japanese General Election
General elections were held in Japan on 20 October 1996. A coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, New Party Sakigake and the Social Democratic Party (Japan), Social Democratic Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of the LDP won the most seats. These were the first elections held after the 1994 Japanese electoral reform, 1994 electoral reforms. Previously, each district was represented by multiple members, sometimes from the same party, causing intra-party competition. Under the new rules, each district nominated one House of Representatives of Japan, representative, elected using first-past-the-post voting. A separate Party-list proportional representation, party-list vote was introduced for voters to choose their favored party in addition to votes for individual candidates, as a way to more accurately approximate the seats in the House of Representatives of Japan to the actual party votes, in an effort to achieve more pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hita District, Ōita
was a district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 14,180 and the density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of 35.72 persons per km2. The total area was 396.98 km2. Prior to its dissolution, on March 21, 2005, there were three towns and two villages within the district: * Amagase * Ōyama * Kamitsue * Maetsue * Nakatsue Merger * On March 22, 2005 — the towns of Amagase and Ōyama, and the villages of Kamitsue, Maetsue and Nakatsue were merged into the expanded city of Hita, and Hita District was dissolved as a result of this merger. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hita District, Oita Former districts of Ōita Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōno District, Ōita
was a Districts of Japan, district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of January 1, 2005, the district had 6 towns and 2 villages: * Asaji, Ōita, Asaji * Chitose, Ōita, Chitose * Inukai, Ōita, Inukai * Kiyokawa, Ōita, Kiyokawa * Mie, Ōita, Mie * Notsu, Ōita, Notsu * Ogata, Ōita, Ogata * Ōno, Ōita, Ōno On January 1, 2005, the town of Notsu, Ōita, Notsu was merged into the expanded city of Usuki, Ōita, Usuki. On March 31, 2005, the towns of Asaji, Ōita, Asaji, Inukai, Ōita, Inukai, Mie, Ōita, Mie, Ogata, Ōita, Ogata and Ōno, Ōita, Ōno, and the villages of Chitose, Ōita, Chitose and Kiyokawa, Ōita, Kiyokawa were merged to create the city of Bungo-ōno, Ōita, Bungo-ōno. Therefore, Ōno District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Timeline *February 1, 1956: **Parts of the town of Asaji was merged into the town of Ogata. **Parts of the town of Asaji was merged into the town of Naoiri, Ōita, Naoiri (in Naoiri District, Ōita, Naoiri District). *October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōita District, Ōita
was a Districts of Japan, district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 40,723 and population density, density of 99.35 persons per km2. The total area was 409.90 km2. Dissolution As of January 1, 2005 the district had 4 towns. * Hasama, Ōita, Hasama * Notsuharu, Ōita, Notsuharu * Shōnai, Ōita, Shōnai * Yufuin, Ōita, Yufuin Merger * On January 1, 2005 - the town of Notsuharu, Ōita, Notsuharu, along with the town of Saganoseki, Ōita, Saganoseki (from Kitaamabe District, Ōita, Kitaamabe District), was merged with the expanded city of Ōita, Ōita, Ōita. * On October 1, 2005 - the towns of Hasama, Ōita, Hasama, Shōnai, Ōita, Shōnai and Yufuin, Ōita, Yufuin were merged to create the city of Yufu, Ōita, Yufu. Therefore, Ōita District was dissolved as a result of this merger. See also * Merger and dissolution of municipalities of Japan References Former districts of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoiri District, Ōita
was a district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 10,956 and the density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' (or ''d'') can also be u ... of 39.58 persons per km2. The total area was 276.84 km2. Former towns and villages * Kujū * Naoiri * Ogi District Timeline * On April 1, 2005 - the towns of Kujū, Naoiri and Ogi were merged into the expanded city of Taketa. Therefore, Naoiri District was dissolved as a result of this merger. References Former districts of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamiamabe District, Ōita
was a district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 33,239 and the density of 47.09 persons per km2. The total area was 705.90 km2. Towns and villages * Honjō * Kamae * Kamiura * Naokawa * Tsurumi * Ume * Yayoi * Yonōzu Merger * On March 3, 2005 the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi The Yayoi period (弥生時代, ''Yayoi jidai'') (c. 300 BC – 300 AD) is one of the major historical periods of the Japanese archipelago. It is generally defined as the era between the beginning of food production in Japan and the emergence o ..., and the villages of Honjō, Naokawa and Yonōzu were merged into the expanded city of Saiki. References Former districts of Ōita Prefecture {{Oita-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitaamabe District, Ōita
was a district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... The district had only the town of Saganoseki until December 31, 2004. But on January 1, 2005, Saganoseki, along with the town of Notsuharu (from Ōita District), was merged into the expanded city of Ōita, and Kita-Amabe District was dissolved as a result of this merger. Municipal Timeline * July 22, 1878 - Kita-Amabe District was founded after Amabe District broke off into Kita-Amabe and Minami-Amabe Districts. * April 1, 1889 - Prior to the town and village status activated, Kita-Amabe District founded the town of Usuki and Saganoseki, as well as 25 villages. * October 28, 1892: ** The village of Saga (佐加村) renamed to the village of Saga (佐賀村). ** The village of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Internal Affairs And Communications
The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council (Japan), National Security Council, and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan. The current minister is Seiichiro Murakami, who took office on October 1, 2024. List of ministers for internal affairs and communications (2001–) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
