Japan government November 9, 2017

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
Katie Creegan | 2017 | GCU 114

About their
government:
Overview:
Japans type of government is best
described as democracy in the
form of a constitutional monarchy;
very similar to what the UK
currently has. It was based off of
Japans constitution, which was
enacted after the second world war
on May 3, 1947.

Emperor:
The current emperor of Japan is
Akihito, who rose to power after
the death of his father, Emperor
Shwa, and has been in power
since 1989. Emperors in Japan Japans government shares a lot in common with the
typically act as ambassadors and United Kingdom, since they both have a democracy
as a face for Japan as a whole. in the form of a constitutional monarchy. The current
Emperor of Japan, Akihito, acts as an ambassador
The court system:
for Japan rather than an all controlling, unchecked
Similar to America, Japans power. Japans judicial branch has a supreme court
judicial branch includes a supreme
court (complete with fourteen with fourteen supreme judges and a chief judge,
supreme judges and one chief along with four smaller courts.
judge) , but there are also four
lower class courts that are the U.S.
equivalent of district courts.

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