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Prime Minister of Japan

Prime Minister of Japan
PostPrime Minister
BodyJapan
InsigniaEmblem of the Prime Minister of Japan.svg
Insigniasize150px
InsigniacaptionOfficial Emblem of the Prime Minister of Japan
IncumbentYoshihiko Noda
IncumbentsinceSeptember 2, 2011
ResidenceKantei
AppointerThe Emperor
TermlengthFour years or less. (The Cabinet shall resign en masse after a general election of members of the House of Representatives. Their term of office is four years and can be terminated earlier. No limits are imposed on total times or length of Prime Minister tenures of the same person.) The Prime Minister is, by convention, the leader of the victorious party.
Formation22 December 1885
InauguralItō Hirobumi

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The

|} is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office. He is the head of the Cabinet and appoints and dismisses the Ministers of State; the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Minister for the General Administration of the Cabinet.

The office was created in 1885, four years before the enactment of the Meiji Constitution. It took its current form with the adoption of the current constitution in 1947.

The current Prime Minister is Yoshihiko Noda, who took the post on 2 September 2011.


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