JP 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: National Diet, Voting Age, Meiji Period
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Lecture 19: government and the craft of politics. [note: * = important to remember for the upcoming quiz] *up until the meiji period, the government in japan was based on the european model. The 2 houses of parliament were: the house of representatives (the lower house) and the house of councilors (the upper house) The emperor was the supreme commander, and appointed the prime minister. The cabinet (house of councillors) made most of the laws, and were responsible for the emperor. The lower house was the only house that was elected by the people and was the only house that was responsible for the people. *now both houses in the japanese government are elected by the people. The prime minister has to be elected, and he chooses the cabinet. The emperor has no political power, he is merely a symbol of the state. The japanese diet building is japan"s iconic governmental building, like canada"s parliament (the.
