House of Representatives of Japan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Lok_Sabha gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:appointedBy	Japanese citizens
gptkbp:can_override_House_of_Councillors	with two-thirds majority
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:currentSpeaker	gptkb:Fumio_Ohno
gptkbp:dissolved	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:electionCycle	every 4 years or when dissolved
gptkbp:emblem	gptkb:Paulownia_flower
gptkbp:established	1890
gptkbp:firstSession	1890
gptkbp:has_legislative_sessions	ordinary, extraordinary, special
gptkbp:has_legislative_supremacy_over	House of Councillors of Japan (in some matters)
gptkbp:has_official_gazette	gptkb:Shūgiin_Giho
gptkbp:has_secretariat	gptkb:House_of_Representatives_Secretariat
gptkbp:has_special_committees	yes
gptkbp:has_standing_committees	yes
gptkbp:hasCommittee	yes
gptkbp:hasLibrary	gptkb:House_of_Representatives_Library
gptkbp:JapaneseName	gptkb:衆議院
gptkbp:lastElection	31 October 2021
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Constitution_of_Japan
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Nagatachō,_Chiyoda,_Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:National_Diet_Building
gptkbp:minimum_age_for_members	25
gptkbp:minimum_age_for_voters	18
gptkbp:nextEdition	by October 2025
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Shūgiin
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_districts	289 single-member districts
gptkbp:number_of_proportional_blocks	11
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	465
gptkbp:officialLanguage	Japanese
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:powers	approve treaties approve budget pass laws select Prime Minister
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:House_of_Representatives_of_the_Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle	gptkb:Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:salary	about 2 million yen per month
gptkbp:termLength	4 years
gptkbp:upperHouse	gptkb:House_of_Councillors_of_Japan
gptkbp:votingSystem	first-past-the-post proportional representation parallel voting
gptkbp:website	https://www.shugiin.go.jp/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Shinzō_Abe gptkb:Taro_Aso gptkb:Yukio_Hatoyama gptkb:Junichiro_Koizumi gptkb:Mamoru_Shigemitsu gptkb:Fumio_Kishida gptkb:Shinzo_Abe gptkb:Yuriko_Koike gptkb:Takashi_Kawamura gptkb:Yoshio_Kurozumi gptkb:Itō_Toshiko gptkb:Rikken_Seiyūkai
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	House of Representatives of Japan