Japan elects a new prime minister in September, how is the new prime minister chosen?

Japan has a parliamentary system and a constitutional monarchy.

Japan's prime minister is elected by universal suffrage to elect members of the House of Representatives. The leader of the party with the largest number of members in the House of Representatives becomes Prime Minister. If the number of elected parties is less than half of the total number of members of the House of Representatives, several parties form a coalition to elect the Prime Minister.

After ** Shinzo announced his resignation due to illness, the question of the choice of Japan's next prime minister has been the focus of attention and has become the focus of many parties.

Over the years, if there is really a "miracle" in Japan, ** is definitely one of them. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1885, Japan has produced a total of 62 prime ministers, of which 20 have served for less than a year, the shortest is only 54 days, and only 6 have worked for 5 years, including ampere. Moreover, he has been in office for 8 years and has become the longest-reigning prime minister of Japan's historical mountain.

At present, ** has made it clear that he will not participate in the next prime minister's race. Then the situation of "being the only strong" will soon be broken, and the current focus of public attention is naturally the final choice of the next prime minister.

In a recent poll, approval ratings have fallen in a waterloo-like manner. At the beginning of the epidemic, considering the holding of the Olympic Games, the impact of the epidemic was not controlled as soon as possible, and in order to preserve the economy, the national state of emergency was lifted prematurely, so that it aroused public anger and even increased people's fear.

So, so far, we've seen a lot of names appear in the list of potential candidates, including Shinjiro Koizumi, Taro Aso, etc.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, six of the nine major factions in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have already flown in Suga's favor. This shows that 264 of the 394 members of the Diet Hospital affiliated with the Liberal Democratic Party have supported Suga. Therefore, as long as the local party organization has 10 votes in favor, then Kan can easily get more than half of the support, and the first round of the election is easily decided.

The new prime minister is elected by universal suffrage, and the leader of the party with the largest number of members in the House of Representatives is the prime minister.

Japan has a parliamentary system and a constitutional monarchy. To put it bluntly, it's all controlled by big conglomerates. Those candidates want to be elected, so take the money to buy votes.

After retiring from office, Japan adopted the rules for voting to replace the prime minister, which to a certain extent determined the candidate.

Japan's prime minister is the ruling party.

That is, the party that has more than half of the seats in the House of Representatives. Its party leader automatically becomes the prime minister of Japan.

The term of office is four years, while the election of the party leader is held every two years. In addition, because there are many factions in Japan, the election of a party leader is only the result of a temporary balance among the factions. However, this balance is unstable.

As soon as the balance of the imitation chain is broken, the party leader will be replaced, and the Japanese prime minister will also be replaced.

Constitution of Japan. There is no provision for the Prime Minister. According to the provisions of the Constitutional Cabinet, the Privy Council is made up of people of political power.

The prime minister is recommended, and the emperor quietly appoints the prime minister. The Japanese Diet nominates the prime minister, who is appointed by the emperor. At the same time, according to Article 66, paragraph 2 of the Japanese Constitution, a military member cannot become a cabinet prime minister.

The term of office of the Prime Minister of Japan is two years.

Japan has a cabinet system, which means that the prime minister is not directly elected. Rather, they are appointed by the majority party in Congress, primarily the House of Representatives. So there are no term limits for the prime minister.

Theoretically, as long as the party has a majority in Congress, then the party can stay in power. And the party chairman (president) of this party can also remain prime minister.

But here's the thing: the party itself has its own internal rules. For example, in 2017, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) extended the term of office of the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a maximum of three terms of nine years, which stipulated in the constitution that the term of office of the president could only serve two consecutive terms of six years.

So theoretically, Shinzo can serve as Prime Minister of Japan for up to 9 consecutive years.

Shinzo is the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history. In September 2006, he was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party and automatically became Japan's prime minister. However, in July 2007, the LDP lost the House of Councillors election and became the second largest party in the House of Councillors.

However, at this time, the LDP was still the largest party in the House of Representatives (the Japanese Diet is bicameral). Therefore, Shinzo can theoretically still continue to serve as prime minister. But because of the loss of the Senate election, he was criticized, and he had to resign.

Yasuo Fukuda, who is in the party, took over as president and prime minister. This is the first time he has been prime minister, less than a year ago.

In 2008, Yasuo Fukuda resigned, and Taro Aso briefly took over.

2009 In 2012, the LDP became the second largest party. Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan of the leftist Democratic Party served as prime ministers of Japan.

In December 2012, the Liberal Democratic Party regained the House of Councillors, and Shinzo returned to the post of prime minister. In the following year's election, the LDP regained the House of Councillors. In March 2017, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) amended its constitution and extended the term of office of the president to "a maximum of three terms of nine years".

So theoretically, Shinzo can serve as Prime Minister of Japan for up to 9 consecutive years. From December 2012, he can serve as Prime Minister of Japan until September 2021.

In August 2020, due to personal health reasons, ** resigned as president and prime minister of the Liberal Democratic Party. By this time, he had been the Prime Minister of Japan for 8 consecutive years (2012-2020). Counting less than a year as prime minister in 2006.

In total, he served as Prime Minister of Japan for more than 9 years.

The term of office of the Japanese prime minister is also a four-year term, and every four years there is a general election meeting for the prime minister, and the prime minister is elected by voting.

Japan's incoming new prime minister is called Yoshihide Suga. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga won the LDP presidential election on September 14. At present, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party occupies a majority of seats in the Diet, and Suga, as the new president of the Liberal Democratic Party, will succeed Shinzo as Japan's prime minister.

According to legal procedures, Japan's **16th will convene an extraordinary Diet to formally appoint a new prime minister.

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