members of the House of Representatives

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Members of the House of Representatives are elected legislators who serve in the lower chamber of Japan’s National Diet, representing the population in national lawmaking and government oversight.

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Label Occurrences
members of the House of Representatives canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf member of parliament ⓘ
accountableTo voters in their constituencies ⓘ
canIntroduce bills ⓘ
budget proposals (through committees and Cabinet bills) ⓘ
canOverride House of Councillors on certain bills with two-thirds majority ⓘ
chamber House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
chamberLevel lower house ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
electionMethod popular vote ⓘ
electionSystem mixed electoral system ⓘ
electionSystemComponent proportional representation blocks ⓘ
single-member districts ⓘ
electorate Japanese citizens with voting rights ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement Japanese citizenship ⓘ
hasPriorityOver House of Councillors in budget approval ⓘ
House of Councillors in designation of Prime Minister ⓘ
House of Councillors in treaty approval ⓘ
internalBodyParticipation Diet commissions and councils ⓘ
special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
legalFramework Constitution of Japan ⓘ
Diet Law of Japan ⓘ
Public Offices Election Act of Japan ⓘ
minimumAgeRequirement 25 years ⓘ
numberOfMembers 465 ⓘ
organizationalAffiliation parliamentary faction ⓘ
political party ⓘ
oversightTarget Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
administrative agencies of Japan ⓘ
partOf National Diet of Japan ⓘ
linked to: National Diet
responsibility attend plenary sessions ⓘ
communicate with constituents ⓘ
participate in committee deliberations ⓘ
vote on bills and resolutions ⓘ
role approve international treaties ⓘ
approve the national budget ⓘ
deliberate and pass laws ⓘ
designate the Prime Minister ⓘ
exercise government oversight ⓘ
question the Cabinet ⓘ
represent the population in national lawmaking ⓘ
serve on parliamentary committees ⓘ
seatType proportional representation seats ⓘ
single-member district seats ⓘ
termCondition term may end earlier by dissolution of the House ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
workLocation National Diet Building, Tokyo ⓘ

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Article 44 of the Constitution of Japan → appliesTo → members of the House of Representatives ⓘ