House of Representatives (Japan)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Lok_Sabha gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:authority	can approve budget can designate Prime Minister can initiate constitutional amendments can pass laws can override House of Councillors with two-thirds majority
gptkbp:buildingCompleted	1936
gptkbp:canPassNoConfidenceMotion	true
gptkbp:constitution	gptkb:Constitution_of_Japan
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:currentSpeaker	gptkb:Fumio_Tajima
gptkbp:dissolved	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom true
gptkbp:electionCycle	every 4 years unless dissolved
gptkbp:electsPrimeMinister	true
gptkbp:established	1890
gptkbp:firstElection	1 July 1890
gptkbp:hasClerk	true
gptkbp:hasCommittee	true
gptkbp:hasSpecialCommittees	true
gptkbp:hasStandingCommittee	true
gptkbp:hasViceSpeaker	true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	House of Representatives (Japan)
gptkbp:language	Japanese
gptkbp:lastElection	31 October 2021
gptkbp:legislature	Special Session Extraordinary Session Ordinary Session
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Nagatachō,_Chiyoda,_Tokyo
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:National_Diet_Building
gptkbp:minimumAgeOfCandidates	25
gptkbp:minimumVotingAge	18
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:衆議院
gptkbp:nextEdition	by October 2025
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Shūgiin
gptkbp:numberOfElectoralDistricts	289 single-member districts
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	465
gptkbp:numberOfProportionalBlocks	11
gptkbp:officialWebsite	https://www.shugiin.go.jp/
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:House_of_Representatives_(Empire_of_Japan)
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle	gptkb:public_speaker
gptkbp:proportionalSeats	176
gptkbp:salary	about 2 million yen per month
gptkbp:singleMemberDistrictSeats	289
gptkbp:symbol	House of Representatives emblem
gptkbp:termLength	4 years
gptkbp:upperHouse	gptkb:House_of_Councillors_(Japan)
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post proportional representation parallel voting
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Shidehara_Kijūrō
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5