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How long is the maximum term for a Japanese prime minister? Is there one? MrJones 20:37, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Contents 1 Page organization 1.1 Removed these facts. 1.2 Worked these facts and links into the text if they weren't there already. 1.3 Yet to be worked in 1.4 Jcbstallion, 28-Oct-2003 2 "For historical reasons, the system is similar to that in the United Kingdom" 3 Inaccuracy re: Komeito

[edit] Page organization

Would it be prudent to remove the section regarding 'basic facts' and replace it with a cross-reference to the 'Japan' article? If not a removal, perhaps a prioritization of what should and should not be in that section? Jcbstallion

I made the following changes MrJones 19:40, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I belive we need to make these articles associated to the politics of Japan much better. First of all like in Sweden with the template,

Political parties in Sweden
Represented in the Riksdag (349)	Social Democrats (130) | Moderate Party (97) | Centre Party (29) | Liberal People's Party (28) | Christian Democrats (24) | Left Party (22) | Green Party (19)
Represented in the European Parliament (19 out of 732)	Social Democrats (5) | Moderate Party (4) | Christian Democrats (2)* | June List (2)* | Left Party (2) | Centre Party (1) | Feminist Initiative (1)** | Green Party (1) | Liberal People's Party (1)** *Three MEPs were elected for the June List, but one defected to Christian Democrats. **Two MEPs were elected for the Liberal People's Party, but one defected to Feminist Initiative.
Minor parties:	Sweden Democrats (2.93%) | Pirate Party (0.63%) | Senior Citizen Interest Party (0.52%) | Health Care Party (0.21%)

needs to be done for Japan's political topohraphy. We also can learn from this very informative and pedagogical articles Prime Minister of Sweden, Government of Sweden, List of cabinets of Sweden Lord Metroid 23:53, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed these facts.

Capital: Tokyo

Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Japan

Data code: JA

[edit] Worked these facts and links into the text if they weren't there already.

Executive branch: head of government: Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro (since April 2001)

cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister

Constitution: May 3, 1947

Government type: constitutional monarchy (see also: Japan Constitution)

chief of state: Emperor Akihito (since January 7, 1989)

[edit] Yet to be worked in

election of the Prime Minister: none; the monarch is hereditary; the Diet designates the prime minister; the constitution requires that the prime minister must command a parliamentary majority, therefore, following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition in the House of Representatives usua

[edit] Jcbstallion, 28-Oct-2003

Per my changelog cross-reference, I'll detail my changes a bit here. I divided the page more clearly into sections, particularly when it came to the different government branches. I moved some of the content around to make it consistent with the sections. I changed a little bit of wording in the Legislative section, but nothing overly noteworthy. I focused more upon the Executive Section -- especially the Cabinet and the list of current members. Also, in the 'Recent political developments' portion, I changed the wording in the sentence regarding Koizumi's victory. That's about it. Go Wikipedia!

Great work! It is informative, well-written! Brilliant! -- Taku 22:05, Oct 28, 2003 (UTC)

I started posting each party's diet seats in their respective wiki articles. Should the seat distribution also be mentioned here? JCB 05:07, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I think each house article, the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors are good place to mention the number of seats because the number in the house is what matters after all. Some kind of brief tables or lists of distribution are definitely interesting. -- Taku 07:10, Nov 10, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] "For historical reasons, the system is similar to that in the United Kingdom"

Can someone please elaborate on these "historical reasons?" - Sekicho 21:27, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)

Iwakura's mission, as I was taught, included comparing the various governments in Europe and the USA. Of the German, US and British systems, the best was considered to be the British.Elijahmeeks 18:47, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

That is basically true, though over time the government was made to resemble the German Imperial system more and more. So you can trace elements of both British and German influence in the system. For example, the coutr system is decidedly continental (it is not the British adversarial system with jurors), while the parliamentary system more closely remsembles the British. ALC Washington 00:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm only familiar with the history regarding the inspiration for the system and not its eventual evolution. I'd assume, if it hasn't been done already, those two sentences (One on Iwakura and one on the evolution of the system toward the German Imperial system) would adequately address Sekicho's request. Elijahmeeks 01:37, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

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   In Germany, anyone who wants to keep his/her (good) social position stands at the Center or at a little right/left shifted position from there on political view, because regarded as a NeoNazi if shifting too right and regarded as a communist if shifting too left. -- Of course, in Germany both the extreme Right and the extreme Left have not become the ruling party since the end of World War II. --
   In Japan, the ruling party has been the complete Right, which is at the rightest in the parties of the Diet, almost completely and has always included parts of the extreme Right (, though it can be said that the Center has not existed).  So, there are a not few scholars who are hawks domestically with political view.  And this is not unrelated to that Japanese-fascistic sensationalistic action for knwon to the public and standing close to the power are able to be satisfied together domestically.
   Therefore a person telling hawk's ideas and known as an intelligentsia in Japan is usually regarded as a snob without sense in Europe.
                                    -- 06:25, 04 May 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Inaccuracy re: Komeito

The section on (New) Komeito contains the following:

• Because it is partners with the LDP, it is unopposed to the war in Iraq.

I believe this is inaccurate. Komeito was (is), IIRC, opposed to the war, but it either shelved its opposition or was unable to do anything about the war because of its position as a member of the ruling coalition. To write that it is unopposed to the war because it is partners with LDP is misleading, as it is neither unopposed nor is there any cause-and-effect relationship involved here. I'm no friend of Komeito, but let's be fair. This comment sounds like an emotive conclusion: "Komeito is partners with LDP, ergo it [must be=] is unopposed to the war." I think the situation is far more complicated than that.... Jersey_Jim 14:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)