Diet of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Diet of Japan is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of...
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Politics of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The politics of Japan is conducted in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, where Prime Minister of Japan is the head of government. Japanese politics uses a multi-party...
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Diet (assembly) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In politics, a diet is a formal deliberative assembly. The term is derived from Medieval Latin dietas , and ultimately comes from the Latin dies , "day". The word came to be used in this sense b...
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; The 173rd extraordinary session of the Diet ended on 4 December 2009. ; Server maintenance is planned during the following time. This site will be out of service during server maintenance. Saturday,12 December 2009 8:30 - 18:30; ... Message from the Speaker ... Guide to the House...
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About the Japanese government, political parties, etc. ... Legislature: The Japanese parliament is called the Diet. It consists of the House of Representatives (480 members) and the House of Councillors (242 members). The members of the Diet are elected by the Japanese people.
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Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolves Japan's lower house of parliament and calls national elections on 30 August. ... Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso has apologised to legislators of his ruling party, after dissolving parliament to hold an early election for 30 August. ... Japanese PM fights for survival...
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It has to be renewed every year after approval by parliament. The new law says Japanese ships can only refuel and supply water to vessels on anti-terrorism patrols. Ships involved in military operations — whether they be attacks, rescue operations or humanitarian relief — will not receive Japanese supplies.
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Below is a transcript of testimony in the Japanese Parliament, broadcast live nationwide on NHK television. The Member of Parliament talking about 911 is Yukihisa Fujita from the Democratic Party of Japan. Head of the committee: We will now begin the first session of the defense and foreign affairs committee.
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The Japanese prime minister, Taro Aso, today dissolved parliament and called a general election for 30 August that could see his party cast out of power for only the second time in almost 55 years.
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A website by the People's Daily newspaper; China, business, world, science, education, sports news and commentaries ... The Japanese parliament is glad to see resumption of high-level visits between the two countries and reiterated commitment to the three political documents, he added.
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