Japan
Parliament (Diet) is bicameral and is located in Tokyo.
The House of Representatives has 500 members. 300 members are elected directly by popular vote. 200 members are chosen by a system of proportional representation. They serve four-year terms. The House of Councillors has 252 members. 100 members are chosen from the nation as a whole. 152 members are chosen from the small districts.
Emperors
1332-1336 Kogon
1336-1349 Komyo
1349-1352 Suko
1352-1372 Go-Kogon
1372-1383 Go-En' Yu
1383-1413 Go-Komatsu
1413-1429 Shoko
1429-1465 Go-Hanazano
1465-1501 Go-Tsuchimikado
1501-1527 Go-Kashiwabara
1527-1558 Go-Nara
1558-1587 Ogimachi
1587-1612 Go-Yozei
1612-1630 Go-Mizu-no-o
1630-1644 Myosho
1644-1655 Go-Komyo
1655-1663 Go Saiin
1663-1687 Reigen
1687-1710 Higashiyama
1710-1736 Naka-no-Mikado
1736-1748 Sakuramachi
1748-1763 Momozono
1763-1771 Go-Sakuramachi
1771-1780 Go-Momozono
1780-1817 Kokaku
1817-1847 Ninko
1847-1867 Komei
1867-1912 Mutsuhito (Meiji-tenno)
1912-1926 Yoshihito (Taisho-tenno)
1921-1926 Prince Hirohito (regent)
1926-1989 Hirohito (Showa-tenno)
1989 now Akihito
Prime Ministers
1885-1888 Hirobumi Ito
1888-1889 Kiyotaka Kuroda
1889-1891 Aritoma Yamagata
1891-1892 Masayoshi Matsukata
1892-1896 Hirobumi Ito
1896-1898 Masayoshi Matsukata
1898-1898 Hirobumi Ito
1898-1898 Shigembu Okuma
1898-1900 Aritomo Yamagata
1901-1906 Taro Katsura
1906-1908 Kimmochi Saionji
1908-1911 Taro Katsura
1911-1912 Kimmochi Saionji
1912-1913 Taro Katsura
1913-1914 Gonnohyoe Yamamoto
1914-1916 Shigenobu Okuma
1916-1918 Masatake Terauchi
1918-1921 Takashi Hara
1921-1922 Korekiyo Takahashi
1922-1923 Tomasaburo Kato
1923-1924 Gonnohyoe Yamamoto
1924-1924 Keijo Kiyoura
1924-1926 Takaaki Kato
1926-1927 Reijiro Wakatsuki
1927-1929 Giichi Tanaka
1929-1931 Osachi Hamagouchi
1931-1931 Reijiro Wakatsuki
1931-1932 Tsuyo Inukai
1932-1934 Makoto Saito
1934-1936 Kaisuke Okada
1936-1937 Koki Hirota
1937-1937 Senjuro Hayashi
1937-1939 Fumimaro Konoe
1939-1939 Kiichiro Hiranuma
1939-1940 Nobuyuki Abe
1940-1940 Mitaumasa Yonai
1940-1941 Fumimaro Konoe
1941-1944 Hideki Tojo
1944-1945 Kuniaki Koiso
1945-1945 Kantaro Suzuki
1945-1945 Naruhiko Higashikuni
1945-1946 Kijuro Shidehara
1946-1947 Shigeru Yoshida
1947-1948 Tetsu Katayama
1948-1948 Hitoshi Ashida
1948-1954 Shigeru Yoshida
1954-1956 Ichiro Hatoyama
1956-1957 Tanzan Ishibashi
1957-1960 Nobusuke Kishi
1960-1964 Hayato Ikeda
1964-1972 Eisaku Sato
1972-1974 Kakuei Tanaka
1974-1976 Takeo Miki
1976-1978 Takeo Fukuda
1978-1980 Masayoshi Ohira
1980-1980 Masayoshi Ito
1980-1982 Zenko Suzuki
1982-1987 Yasuhiro Nakasone
1987-1989 Noboru Takeshita
1989-1989 Sosuke Uno
1989-1991 Toshiki Kaifu
1991-1993 Kiichi Miyazawa
1993-1994 Morihiro Hosokawa
1994-1994 Tsutomu Hata
1994-1996 Tomiichi Murayama
1996-1998 Ryutaro Hashimoto
1998-2000 Keizo Obuchi
2000-2001 Yoshiro Mori
2001-2006 Junichiro Koizumi
2006-2007 Shinzo Abe
2007-2008 Yasuo Fukuda
2008-2009 Taro Aso
2009 now Yukio Hatoyama
