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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.
This is a list of prime ministers of Japan by home prefecture. This is based on prefectures where each prime minister was born, and not based on prefectures primarily affiliated or most closely associated with the prime ministers due to residence, professional career, or electoral history. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Itō Hirobumi became the first Japanese prime minister in 1885 and is the only person to have served on four separate occasions. Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks.
Several political parties exist in Japan. However, the politics of Japan have primarily been dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 1955, with the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) playing an important role as the opposition several times. The DPJ was the ruling party from 2009 to 2012 with the LDP as the opposition.
Japan Progressive / Japan Liberal (Allied Occupation) 45 First Yoshida Cabinet: 22 May 1946 () 24 May 1947 () Shigeru Yoshida: Japan Liberal / Japan Progressive (Allied Occupation) 46 Katayama Cabinet: 24 May 1947 () 10 March 1948 () Tetsu Katayama: Japan Socialist / Democratic / National Cooperative
In Japan, any organization that supports a candidate needs to register itself as a political party.Each of these parties have some local or national influence. [1] This article lists political parties in Japan with representation in the National Diet, either in the House of Representatives (lower house) or in the House of Councillors (upper house).
Japanese political candidates (1 C, 12 P) Japanese politicians of Chinese descent (2 P) Japanese politicians convicted of crimes (1 C, 16 P) L.
知事ファイル (in Japanese). 全国知事会ホームページ. 2016-07-31 "List of Prefectural Governors". English / 全国知事会ホームページ. 2015-06-27. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05