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Fumio Kishida (Japanese: 岸田 文雄; born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2021 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet since 1993.
The ceremonial head of state is the Emperor of Japan and the head of government is the Prime Minister of Japan. President of Japan may also refer to: President of the House of Councillors, one of two heads of the legislative branch of government in Japan; The President of Japan: Sakurazaka Mantarō, a 16-volume manga series by Yoshiki Hidaka
Shinzo Abe (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ n z oʊ ˈ ɑː b eɪ / SHIN-zoh AH-bay; Japanese: 安倍 晋三, Hepburn: Abe Shinzō, IPA: [abe ɕindzoː]; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as the prime minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.
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.
The prime minister of Japan travels in a Toyota Century. The Lexus LS 600h L, which served as the prime minister's official car from 2008 to 2019, became a spare/alternative vehicle used by the Prime Minister till present. [26] For overseas air travel, the Japanese government maintains two Boeing 777, which replaced the Boeing 747-400 also
Japan is a unitary state, containing forty-seven administrative divisions, with the Emperor as its head of state. [1] His role is ceremonial and he has no powers related to the Government. [ 2 ] Instead, it is the Cabinet , comprising the Prime Minister and the Ministers of State , that directs and controls the government and the civil service .
In 1981's The Imperial Japanese Empire, he is portrayed by Tetsurō Tamba as a family man who single-handedly planned the war against America, and the film deals with his war crimes trial. [citation needed] Professional wrestler Harold Watanabe adopted the villainous Japanese gimmick of Tojo Yamamoto in reference to both Tojo and Isoroku Yamamoto.
The election process for the President of the LDP is established in the "Rules for the Election of President of the Party". In order to officially qualify as a candidate in the election, a candidate must be an LDP member of the National Diet and must receive a nomination from at least 20 fellow LDP Diet members.