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During this interval, Privy Council president Saionji Kinmochi was the acting prime minister. Count Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 (1848–1913) 2 June 1901 7 January 1906 4 years, 220 days — Military : 11. Katsura I [13] 1902: 1903: 1904: Marquess Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 (1849–1940) 7 January 1906 14 July 1908 2 years, 190 days ...
2 years, 131 days: 7 years, 164 days Resigned [1] 8 August 1892 31 August 1896 4 years, 24 days: Resigned 12 January 1898 30 June 1898 170 days: Resigned Rikken Seiyūkai: 19 October 1900 10 May 1901 204 days: Resigned 5 Shigeru Yoshida: Liberal: 22 May 1946 24 May 1947 1 year, 3 days: 7 years, 60 days Defeated in election [1] Democratic Liberal
46 years, 197 days 860 days 4 years, 100 days 26 October 1909 68 years, 10 days (24,846 days) 2 Kuroda Kiyotaka 9 November 1840 30 April 1888 () 47 years, 173 days 25 October 1889 () 48 years, 350 days 543 days 10 years, 302 days 23 August 1900
The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [6] [2] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era. [7]
The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣) is designated by the National Diet and serves a term of four years or less; with no limits imposed on the number of terms the Prime Minister may hold. The Prime Minister heads the Cabinet and exercises "control and supervision" of the executive branch, and is the head of government and commander ...
This is a list of prime ministers of Japan and the educational institutions they attended. As of October 2024, of the 65 prime ministers to date, 17 were educated at the University of Tokyo (called Tokyo Imperial University between 1897 and 1947), seven at Waseda University, six at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, five at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, four at Keio University, two at ...
Members of the upper house are elected for six-year terms with half the members elected every three years. It is possible for different parties to control the lower house and the upper house, a situation referred to as a "twisted Diet", something that has become more common since the JSP took control of the upper house in 1989 .
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