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Japan
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Present
Electoral System
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Parallel
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Electoral
System Type
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Semi-PR
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Population
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126.7
millions
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Age
Structure
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0-14
14.64%
15-64
67.83%
65
over 17.53%
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Average
Education Level
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N/A
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Territories
(Location, Total Area)
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Asia,
Total:
377,835 sq km
Land:
374,744 sq km
Water:
3,091 sq km
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Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
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78.6:
21.4
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Ethnic
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Japanese
99.4%
Korean
0.6%
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Geographical
Variation
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47
prefectures.
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System
of Govt.
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Democracy
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Power
of Govt.
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Emperor,
executive, legislative, judicial
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Political
Party
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Democratic
Party (DPJ), Japan Communist Party (JCP), Komeito, Liberal
Democratic Party (LDP), Liberal Party, New Conservative Party,
Social Democratic Party (SDP).
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Admin.
of Govt.
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Emperor
Prime
Minister
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Colonialism
History
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N/A
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Royal
Commission
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Yes
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Candidate
Number
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·
Chief
of State election: none. The
monarch is hereditary; the Diet designates the prime minister. The
prime minister must a parliamentary majority.
·
Legislative
election (252 seats- House of Councilors): 1/ 2 elected every 3
years, 76 seats which are elected from the 47 multi-seat prefecture
districts and 50 of which are elected from a nationwide list.
The
House of Representatives (480 seats)-180 of which are elected from
11 regional blocks and 300 of which are elected from 300 single-seat
districts. Members elected by popular vote serve 4-year term.
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Economic
Structure
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Government-industry
cooperation
Industrial-technologies
(technology-advanced producers of motor vehicle, electronic
equipment, machine tools, ships, etc.)
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Cost
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N/A
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Security
Issue
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Legal
equity of the Sexes
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Telecom.
Type
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http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:EzczYla2l7gC:www.jftc.go.jp/e-page/speech/
011011speech.pdf+Japan+telecommunication+type+law&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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IT
Dev. Level
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Developed
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Law/
Regulation
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http://www.aceproject.org/main/english/es/esy_jp/default.htm
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