State of Japan

1. JAPAN

2. Administrative Division

3. Judicial Branch

Supreme court
High
Courts
District Courts
Summary Courts
• Family
Courts

4. The Emperor of Japan is the Head of State. His Functions Are:

Constitutional Monarchy

5. The Cabinet

Functions:).

6. The Prime Minister

7. Japanese Parliament (722 Seats)

The National
Diet
(parliament)
The House of
Representatives
(lower house)
The House of
Councillors
(upper house)

8. The House of Councillors

9. The House of Representatives

10. Political Parties

Conservatives
Leftists
• Liberal Democratic
• Komeito
• Democratic
• Social Democratic Party
• Communist Party

11.

12. Major Differences Between Political Parties

Conservatives
Leftists
Emperor
Emperor must preserve his status
Imperial court must disappear
(but changed their mind in 2000)
Militarism
Promote strengthening of self-defense
forces. In 2015 Japanese military
legislation
Wish the military disappear in distant
future. In 2015 strongly opposed
Japanese military legislation
Terrorism
Consider anti-ISIS military
participation
Say that military actions can’t stop
terrorism. It must be stop by
economic measures and international
solidarity
Business
Business-oriented (especially large
business)
Social-oriented
Japan-US alliance
The alliance must be preserved and
developed.
West-focused diplomacy
The alliance must be abolished.
Asia-focused diplomacy
WW2
Not eager to take responsibility for
Japanese WW2 crimes
Promote nationalism
Japan must further apologize for
WW2 crimes and take full
responsibility for them.
Oppose nationalism

13.

BREAKDOWN OF THE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES (2014
ELECTIONS)
Liberal Democratic(294)
Democratic(96)
Initiatives(15)
PLP(2)
Komeito(35)
Communist(21)
SDP(2)
Independents(10)

14. Breakdown of House of Councillors (2016 elections)

Lliberal Democratic(121)
Komeito(25)
Democratic(49)
Comminist(14)
Initiatives(12)
PJK(3)
SDP(2)
PLP(2)
Energize(2)
Independents(12)

15. Japanese Self-Defense Forces

16. An Army Which Does Not Exist

17. Population Decline in Japan

Population Change
127 400 000
127 200 000
127 000 000
126 800 000
126 600 000
126 400 000
126 200 000
126 000 000
2010
2011
2012
2013
Population Change
2014
2015
2016

18. Religions

90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Religious Beliefs of Japanese
Shinto
Buddhism
Christianity
Others

19. Japanese Population Is Getting Older

20. Japan Is a Monoethnic Country

Ethnicity
Japanese(98.5%)
Korean(0.5%)
Chinese(0.4%)
Others(0.6%)

21. Migration

Japanese diaspora
1800000
1600000
1400000
1200000
1000000
800000
600000
400000
200000
0
Japanese diaspora (nikkei)
Brazil
The US
China