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The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day. 32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor.
Prime Minister Title State's political system Date of assumption Current length of term Hassanal Bolkiah: Prime Minister of Brunei: Absolute monarchy: 1 January 1984 41 years, 38 days Ralph Gonsalves: Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Constitutional monarchy: 29 March 2001 23 years, 316 days Roosevelt Skerrit: Prime Minister ...
Japan was the first Asian country to exert pressure on Russia. [49] In July 2022, the former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by Tetsuya Yamagami in Nara. [50] By comparison, Japan had only 10 gun related deaths from 2017 to 2021 and 1 gun fatality in 2021. [51]
TOKYO — Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Democratic Party elected him as its new leader on Friday, as the U.S. ally takes on a growing ...
He was one of nine candidates and beat economic security minister Sanae Takaichi – who was vying to become Japan’s first woman leader – in the runoff, with 215 votes to 194.
Experts say the LDP's need to change its image could push it to choose a female prime minister. Only three women have run for the party's leadership in the past, two of whom ran against Kishida in ...
The prime minister in Japan is the head of the cabinet, has the power to appoint and dismiss cabinet ministers, and can dissolve the lower house of the Diet. While formally limited in powers, the prime minister possesses informal powers such as party support, popularity, and influence over the bureaucracy.
The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣) is designated by the National Diet and serves a term of four years or less; with no limits imposed on the number of terms the Prime Minister may hold. The Prime Minister heads the Cabinet and exercises "control and supervision" of the executive branch, and is the head of government and commander ...