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| | Diet of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Membership of the Diet is open to citizens who are at least twenty-five in the case of the House of Representatives and thirty in the case of the upper house, and no one may be a member of both houses at the same time. | | | Furthermore, once appointed it is the confidence of the House of Representatives alone that the Prime Minister must enjoy in order to continue in office. | | | Any citizen of Japan at least twenty years of age (the age of majority in Japan) may vote in these elections. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai
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| | Japan |
| | Japan is a constitutional monarchy simliar to that of Great Britain. | | | The House of Representatives in Japan has 500 members, who are elected for a four-year term. | | | Because Japan has a parliamentary political system like that of England, members of the House of Representatives elect a prime minister from among themselves by majority vote. |
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http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/boaz/pol102/japan.htm
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| | Politics of Japan: Information From Answers.com |
| | Japan's judicial system, drawn from customary law, civil law, and Anglo-American common law, consists of several levels of courts, with the Supreme Court as the final judicial authority. | | | On October 11, 2003, the Prime Minister Koizumi dissolved the lower house after he was re-elected as the president of the LDP. | | | The LDP is Japan's largest political party and the senior partner in the current governing coalition. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/politics-of-japan
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| | THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN |
| | The enactment of laws necessary for the enforcement of this Constitution, the election of members of the House of Councillors and the procedure for the convocation of the Diet and other preparatory procedures necessary for the enforcement of this Constitution may be executed before the day prescribed in the preceding paragraph. | | | If the House of Councillors is not constituted before the effective date of this Constitution, the House of Representatives shall function as the Diet until such time as the House of Councillors shall be constituted. | | | The term of office for half the members of the House of Councillors serving in the first term under this Constitution shall be three years. |
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http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/constitution_and_government_of_japan/constitution_e.html
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| | People's Daily Online -- Japanese lower house approves privatization of Japan Post |
| | The House of Representatives approved the set of bills to privatize Japan Post in the session by 338 votes for to 138 against. | | | Kono Yohei (1st R), speaker of Japan's House of Representatives, presides over a plenary session of the lower house of parliament to vote on a plan to privatize the country's postal system in Tokyo Oct. 11, 2005. | | | The Japanese lower house of parliament approved the set of bills to privatize Japan Post in the plenary session by 338 votes for to 138 against. |
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/12/eng20051012_213932.html
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| | Japan House -- Japan House |
| | Subcommittee on the Development of ISDN in the United States, Europe, and Japan, House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, 1989-1990. | | | Message from the Speaker Guide to the House Officers of the House Strength of the Political Groups in the House List of Members Research Commission on the Constitution [ Link ] [House of... | | | govt.nz LINKS TO LEGISLATURES IN JAPAN: House of Councillors House of Representatives Return to Friendship Groups list Gerry BROWNLEE Member of Parliament Chairperson |
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http://www.1stchoicejapan.com/japanhouse
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| | United Press International - NewsTrack - Japan's speaker agt constitution change |
| | TOKYO, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The Speaker of Japan's House of Representatives Yohei Kono said Tuesday Japan should keep its war-renouncing constitution. | | | A Beirut military court Monday sentenced a man to three months in prison for raising a false bomb alert at a reception hall, judicial sources said. | | | United Press International - NewsTrack - Japan's speaker agt constitution change |
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http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040817-104506-3757r
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| | The Avalon Project : Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy |
| | "Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Monday, the 8th day of December 1941, at 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon, | | | m.) the Senate, escorted by the Secretary, Edwin A. Halsey, and Sergeant at Arms, Chesley W. Jurney, and preceded by the Vice President and the President pro tempore, proceeded to the Hall of the House of Representatives. | | | Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy : |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/dec/dec02.htm
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| | Asia Times Online :: Japan News and Japanese Business and Economy |
| | For instance, the contingency legislation to revise Japan's post-war pacifist constitution was able to pass the diet largely thanks to LDP former defense minister Kyuma Fumio, who was the point man in the ruling coalition to move the bills forward. | | | Since Washington expressed its support for China's position on the debate over United Nations Security Council reform, a number of politicians, both inside and outside the LDP, have questioned Japan's need to maintain JSDF deployments to support the US-led coalition. | | | This is necessary for Japan to revitalize its political structure. |
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GI01Dh01.html
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| | Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net |
| | Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that-- | | | Letter of Support for Falun Dafa from the Honorable Seishu Makino, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan [June, 2002] | | | On the evening of July 24, 2002, by a vote of 420-0, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 188, which urges the Chinese government to cease its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. |
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http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/7/25/24426.html
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| | Successors who are relatives win the seat 70% of the time and 60% of other successors win (Ishibashi and Reed 1992).The current prime minister, Keizo Obuchi, and his immediate predecessor, Ryutaro Hashimoto, are both second-generation Diet members who were first elected to the House of Representatives in 1963. | | | Therefore, this argument goes, voters may be more willing to support non-LDP candidates in HC elections. | | | Specifically, the Lower House rules on matters of budget, has sole right to ratify treaties, and its choice of cabinet, including the prime minister, is final. |
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http://rschaap.bol.ucla.edu/midwest00.doc
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| | Japan Society, New York - Film, Lecture, Performance Events |
| | âThe Politics of Reform and Japanâs Pension IndustryâThe Honorable Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member, House of Representatives, Japan | | | Noboru Terada, Executive Director, Pension Fund Association (Japan) | | | The Honorable Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Member, House of Representatives, Japan |
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http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event=412039661
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| | FindLaw: International Resources: Countries: Japan |
| | Constitution of Japan Provides text of the Constitution of Japan. | | | Modified and Hosted by The 'Lectric Law Library. | | | Japan - Law and Regulation Information From Stanford University. |
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http://www.findlaw.com/12international/countries/jp.html
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| | Falun Dafa Clearwisdom.net |
| | On the afternoon of July 29, the inaugural meeting of the alliance was held at the conference hall for members of the House of Representatives of Japan. | | | Makino Seishuu, chairman and member of the House of Representatives and Mr. | | | (Clearwisdom.net) On July 29, 2002, twenty-one members from four major political parties in Japan, including the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, and the Conservative Party, formed an alliance to rescue Falun Gong practitioner Yoko Kaneko. |
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http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/8/3/24809.html
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| | Myanmar Embassy Paris |
| | Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Khin Nyunt received members of the House of Representatives of Japan Mr. | | | The Minister for Education, on behalf of the Ministry of Education as well as teachers, students, parents and local populace, expressed his gratitude to the seven wellwisher members of the House of Representatives of Japan for their donation of the school building. | | | Yuji Miyamoto, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan wellwisher Mr. |
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http://www.myanmarembassyparis.com/current/july/2004july21.html
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| | AllRefer.com - Indonesia - House of People's Representatives (DPR) Indonesian Information Resource |
| | Four hundred of the DPR seats are electorally contested by the three political parties (Golkar, PPP, and PDI) in provincial constituencies, which in the 1987 general election were based on a population ratio of approximately 1 representative per 400,000 people. | | | The justification for the ABRI faction is that since members of the armed forces cannot take part in elections, their political rights as a sociopolitical and defense force were served through guaranteed DPR seats. | | | This 500-member body meets annually, opening on August 16, the eve of National Day when the president delivers his National Day speech. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/indonesia/indonesia128.html
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| | Definition of Oast house |
| | 15:...s with an elected [[House of Councillors of Japan | | | 1: '''''Man About the House''''' was a [[United KingdomBritish]] [[sitcom]]... | | | 5: A recurring subplot is Dr. House's begrudging fulfillment of his mandatory clinic... |
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http://www.wordiq.com/search/Oast_house.html
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| | Advanced Research Fellows (Program on U.S.-Japan Relations) |
| | Professor Dudden earned her B.A. in East Asian Studies from Columbia in 1991, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in History at the University of Chicago before assuming her current position as Sue and Eugene Mercy Associate Professor of History at Connecticut College. | | | In the summer of 2000, he served as an intern to Yasuhisa Shiozaki, a member of the House of Representatives in Japan. | | | While at Harvard, Professor Dudden will research the politics of apology among Japan, Korea, and the United States after 1945 and continue her research of Japanese colonization of Korea. |
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http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/people/postdocs.htm
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| | News |
| | During their visit to Sri Lanka, they are scheduled to meet President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and members of the Sri Lanka - Japan Parliamentary Friendship Association led by Power and Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha. | | | Norota will be accompanied by Yasuhide Nakayama, Member of the House of Representatives. | | | Japan - Sri Lanka Parliamentarians' League President Hosei Norota and a leading Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives of Japan is in Sri Lanka on a four-day visit. |
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http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/03/08/news25.htm
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| | :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online :: |
| | The Japanese government is reported moving to revise its immigration laws at this time because of a bad review given by the US State Department rating Japan as a "Tier 2" in the world in terms of human trafficking. | | | Kobayashi said Baldoz’s statements were so damaging that the government of Japan has lost faith in the ARB system. | | | This was reportedly said by Baldoz in a meeting with the Japanese Human Trafficking Investigation Team that was in Manila last September 3, a statement which reportedly angered the Japanese government. |
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http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2004/12/13/MTNN2004121324339.html
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| | Myanmar News 1999 |
| | Also present together with the Secretary-1 were Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win and Director-General of Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet. | | | The guests were accompanied by Ambassador of Japan Mr Kazuo Asakai. | | | (3) Secretary-1 meets members of House of Representatives of Japan |
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http://myanmars.net/newlightofmyanmar/new-light-of-myanmar-1999/n990326.htm
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| | Documents Relating to Japan and Japanese Foreign Policy |
| | PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR OF ASIAN AFFAIRS FOR NSC JACK PRITCHARD, AND DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TREASURY LARRY SUMMERS, 20 November 1998 | | | NICHOLAS D. "Burying the Past: War Guilt Haunts Japan," New York Times, November 30, 1998 | | | "Japan Addresses Its War Responsibility," John W. Dower, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/japan.htm
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| | House of Representatives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | House of Representatives is the title of most, but not all, of the state legislatures of the States of the United States of America. | | | House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. | | | "The House of Representatives" is the name of the lower house of parliament in the following countries: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Representatives
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| | washingtonpost.com: Japan Expands Military Role to Support U.S. |
| | Japan's postwar constitution renounces war as well as the threat or use of force to settle international disputes. | | | The lower house's passage of the bill -- which will not take effect until the upper house, in a formality, votes later this month -- gives Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi something to take with him to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Shanghai, where he is scheduled to meet with President Bush on Saturday. | | | Many constitutional scholars oppose the legislation, saying it violates the spirit if not the actual wording of the constitutional ban on taking part in war. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A18159-2001Oct18?language=printer
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| | Spokesperson on the report that the House of Representatives of Japan recently passed the relevant war-contingency ... |
| | It conforms to the long-term national interests of Japan and serves the peace and stability of the Asian-Pacific region for Japan to continue to adhere to the policy of defense limited to its own territory and coastal waters. | | | Q: It is reported that the House of Representatives of Japan recently passed the relevant war-contingency bills. | | | Spokesperson on the report that the House of Representatives of Japan recently passed the relevant war-contingency bills(15/05/2003) |
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http://www.chinaembassy.lt/eng/xwdt/t123803.htm
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| | Neo-CONNED! |
| | That remnant—imperfect as it may have been—was heard from in the elections of 1980 and 1994 and then achieved major victories in 2000 and 2002 when professed limited-government proponents took over the White House, the Senate and the House. | | | Many neocons now in positions of influence in Washington can trace their status back to Professor Leo Strauss of the University of Chicago. | | | They recognized it as the only practical way for prosperity to be spread to the maximum number of people while promoting peace and security. |
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http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr071003.htm
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| | Japan - House of Representatives - The Shugiin, the Lower house of the National Diet. | | | Japan - House of Councillors - The Sangiin, the upper house of the National Diet. | | | Istanbul Kitchen, Inc. - Offers retail and wholesale Mediterranean diet foods, with catering service. |
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