House of Representatives

Sources

• japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Oct 12, 2026 Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan (Chapters I, IV, V, VI), read 2026-10-12: existence, composition and role of the Monarchy, Diet, House of Representatives, House of Councillors, Cabinet and Supreme Court. English names follow the bodies' own English sites (shugiin.go.jp, sangiin.go.jp, japan.kantei.go.jp, courts.go.jp). For: House of Representatives
• shugiin.go.jp · checked Oct 12, 2026 Official Japanese names from the National Diet, Cabinet, Courts and party sites (shugiin.go.jp, sangiin.go.jp, kantei.go.jp, courts.go.jp), read 2026-10-12: Japanese official names of authorities, offices and parties. For: House of Representatives in Japanese
• japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Oct 12, 2026 Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan, read 2026-10-12: powers with article numbers as cited in each description. For: Confidence of the Cabinet, Precedence over the House of Councillors
• japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Oct 12, 2026 Ministry of Justice, Japanese Law Translation, The Constitution of Japan, read 2026-10-12 (Art. 2, 6, 7, 45, 46, 58, 66-68, 79); seat counts 465 and 248 and the electoral systems from the Public Offices Election Act as summarised on the Diet sites (shugiin.go.jp/internet/index.nsf/html/index_e.htm, sangiin.go.jp/eng/). Cabinet offices: Prime Minister's Office, List of Ministers, 105th cabinet reshuffled 2026-09-17 (japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo/daijin/index.html). For: Member of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives
• sangiin.go.jp · checked Oct 12, 2026 Current terms from the House of Representatives roster (shugiin.go.jp 議員一覧, as of 2026-09-28), House of Councillors roster (sangiin.go.jp, as of 2026-10-12) with group and term-expiry date, Cabinet (japan.kantei.go.jp/105/meibo/daijin/index.html, inaugurated 2026-09-17; former list /105/meibo_a/ inaugurated 2026-02-18), Speakers (shugiin.go.jp English 'Officers of the House', as of 2026-10-05), House of Councillors officers (sangiin.go.jp yakuin, 2026-10-12), Supreme Court justices (courts.go.jp 最高裁判所の裁判官), Emperor (kunaicho.go.jp). Member start dates are left empty because the rosters do not give them; party is the member's in-house group mapped to its party (groups mixing party and non-party members are mapped to the party). Read 2026-10-12. For: Shinji Wakayama as Member of the House of Representatives, Aichi 10th District, Midori Tanno as Member of the House of Representatives, Aichi 11th District, Shūhei Aoyama as Member of the House of Representatives, Aichi 12th District, Taku Ishii as Member of the House of Representatives, Aichi 13th District, Sōichirō Imaeda as Member of the House of Representatives, Aichi 14th District and 461 more
• japaneselawtranslation.go.jp · checked Oct 12, 2026 Constitution of Japan Art. 45 and 7(iii); Public Offices Election Act Art. 31; last general election 2026-02-08 per English Wikipedia (2026 Japanese general election), read 2026-10-12: no date announced, latest legal date derived from the 4-year term. Fallback: English Wikipedia for the election date, because the House's English pages do not state it. For: General election, February 7, 2030