House of Representatives (Japan)

House of Representatives

衆議院

*Shūgiin*
House of Representatives ; 衆議院; Shūgiin
The 48th House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker	Hiroyuki Hosoda, LDP ; since November 10, 2021
Vice-Speaker	Banri Kaieda, CDP ; since November 10, 2021
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida, LDP ; since October 4, 2021
Opposition leader	Kenta Izumi, CDP ; since November 30, 2021
Structure
Seats	465
Political groups	Government (293) LDP (261); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/K' not found.; color:;"> Kōmeitō (32); Opposition (172) CDP (96); Ishin (41); DPP (11); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/J' not found.; color:;"> JCP (10); <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/Y' not found.; color:;"> Yūshi no Kai (5); Reiwa (3); SDP (1); Independents (5);
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting:; First past the post (289 seats); Party-list proportional representation (176 seats)
Last election	October 31, 2021
Next election	On or before October 31, 2025
Meeting place
	Chamber of the House of Representatives
Website
	www.shugiin.go.jp

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The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a four-year term.

List of Speakers

Kuroda Kiyotaka, Satsuma samurai and prime minister in the late 1880s, coined the term "transcendentalism" (超然主義, chōzen shugi) on the occasion of the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution in 1889. The oligarchs should try to "transcend" electoral politics and govern without partisan majorities the House of Representatives.
Hara Takashi, although born a Morioka noble, made his career as commoner-politician and became the first and one of only three prime ministers from the House of Representatives in the Empire.
Shigeru Yoshida, prime minister 1946–1947 as a member of the House of Peers and 1948–1954 as a member of the House of Representatives, oversaw the end of the American-led occupation and the beginning of the Japanese economic miracle.
Shinzo Abe, prime minister 2006–2007 and again 2012–2020, was the longest-serving PM in Japanese history.
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