This article is part of the series: Politics of Japan, Subseries of the Politics series Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 497 KB) The Diet of Japan in Tokyo. ... Jump to: navigation, search Japan has a parliamentary government, which consists of three branches: the administration(executive) branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political...
The most influential part of the executive of the Japanese government are the ministries. In postwar politics, the posts of ministers have been given to senior legislators, mostly of the LDP. Few ministers have been serving their terms for more than one or two years, and never developed the necessary knowledge of affairs to become really influential. Thus, most of the power lies within the ministries, with the senior bureaucrats. There is still dispute as to whether Japan is a constitutional monarchy or a republic. ...
Cabinet Offices Cabinet Office (内閣府; Naikaku-fu) is an agency in the Cabinet of Japan. ...
List of ministries The National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会) is the organization, consisting of about five committees and answering to the cabinet of the Japanese government, which oversees national security in Japan. ... The National Police Agency (警察庁 Keisatsucho) is the central coordinating body of the Japanese police system. ... Defense Agency (防衛庁; bouei-cho) is an agency in the Cabinet of Japan. ... The Financial Services Agency is a Japanese government organization responsible for overseeing banking, securities and exchange, and insurance in order to ensure the stability of the financial system of Japan. ... Fair Trade Commission (公正取引委員会; Koō-sei-torihiki-iinnkai) is a commission in the Japanese government responsible for enforcing Antimonopoly Law. ...
Former ministries Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省 Soumu-sho) is one of ministries in the Cabinet of Japan. ... Categories: Government of Japan | Stub ... The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (外務省; gaimu-sho) is one of the ministries of the Japanese government. ... The Ministry of Finance (財務省; Zaimu-sho) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省; monbukagakushō), also known as MEXT is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省; Kōsei-rōdō-shō) is one of ministries in the Japanese government. ... The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省; Nōrin-suisan-shō) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI, 経済産業省; Keizai-sangyo-ō;) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (国土交通省; Kokudo-kōtsū-shō) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... The Ministry of the Environment (環境省; Kankyō-shō) of Japan was formed in 2001 from the 1971-established Environmental Agency. ...
List of ministers The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (通商産業省 Tsūsho-sangyō-shō or MITI) was the single most powerful agency in the Japanese government during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科å¦çœ; monbukagakushÅ), also known as MEXT, is one of the ministries of the Japanese government. ...
Japan began to adopt parliamentary institutions in the late 19th century as part of its forced modernization, but a brief blossoming of western-style democracy in the 1920s gave way to militarism in the 1930s and 1940s.
The ministries, on the other hand, need the elected officials to give legal sanction to their proposals and must work with what ever government is in power to promote their agenda.
Japan's Kyodo News Service reported on March 8 that an interim government deregulation plan would bring standards on imported construction materials into line with international norms, but would not ease inspection standards on automobiles and foreign car parts, or eliminate in the near term the remaining barriers to the establishment of large scale stores.[50] 50.
Cabinet ministers include those appointed to head the twelve ministries, and the ministers of state placed in charge of the agencies and commissions of the Office of the Prime Minister, which itself has the status of a ministry.
Also among the ministers of state are the chief cabinet secretary, who coordinates the activities of the ministries and agencies, conducts policy research, and prepares materials to be discussed at cabinet meetings, and the director of the Cabinet Legislative Bureau, who advises cabinet members on drafting the legislation to be proposed to the Diet.
Semiautonomous public corporations--including public housing corporations, financial institutions, and the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hoso Kyokai--NHK, the sole, noncommercial public radio and television broadcasting system)--had been reduced in number by the privatization of Japan Airlines, the Japanese National Railways, the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation during the 1980s.
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