Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is the unicameral legislative body responsible for enacting ordinances, approving budgets, and overseeing the administration of the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf regional assembly ⓘ
subnational legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
budgetApprovalRequiredFor Tokyo Metropolitan Government annual budget ⓘ
canApprove budget ⓘ
canConduct administrative audits ⓘ
canPass ordinances ⓘ
resolutions ⓘ
canQuestion executive branch of Tokyo Metropolitan Government ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
electorate residents of Tokyo Metropolis with voting rights ⓘ
elects its president from among its members ⓘ
its vice president from among its members ⓘ
establishedInYear 1947 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle President of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
Vice President of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
hasSpecialCommittees yes ⓘ
hasStandingCommittees yes ⓘ
headquarters Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 2 ⓘ
higherLevelGovernment Government of Japan ⓘ
jurisdiction Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Prefecture
languageUsed Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis Local Autonomy Law of Japan ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Prefecture
location Shinjuku, Tokyo ⓘ
meetingPlace Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building ⓘ
nativeName 東京都議会 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ja ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 127 ⓘ
oversees Tokyo Metropolitan Government bureaus and agencies ⓘ
parentOrganization Tokyo Metropolitan Government ⓘ
partOf local government system of Japan ⓘ
region Kantō region ⓘ
responsibility approving the Tokyo metropolitan budget ⓘ
enacting ordinances for Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ
overseeing administration of Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ
ratifying key appointments of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ⓘ
shortName Tokyo Assembly ⓘ
supervises Governor of Tokyo ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody metropolitan assembly ⓘ
uses committee deliberation system ⓘ
votingSystem single non-transferable vote ⓘ
website https://www.gikai.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tokyo Prefecture → hasLegislature → Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
Governor of Tokyo → reportsTo → Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (politically) ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Tokyo Metropolitan Government → legislativeBody → Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly → nativeName → 東京都議会 ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly → shortName → Tokyo Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Tokyo 23 wards → governingBody → Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
TMG → hasLegislature → Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly ⓘ
Adachi City Government → appliesLaw → Tokyo Metropolitan ordinances ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly