Japan and Canada are on opposite sides of the world, but are they on opposite sides of government? That’s what I’ve been researching about for the past three weeks.
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT
Japan is a constitutional monarchy, which means that the emperor’s power is limited and saved for special ceremonies. Canada is also a constitutional monarchy, where Queen Elizabeth II plays a symbolic role instead of a position in power.
STRUCTURES AND FUNTIONS
Japans government is sorted into three branches; the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. Similarly, Canada has the same branches.
In Japan executive powers are exclusively in the Cabinet, which consists of a prime minister and the ministers he or she appoints. The prime minister, is appointed by the emperor, by the Diet. The prime minister appoints the other members of the Cabinet, all of whom must be members of the legislature. The Cabinet is responsible to the Diet and must resign if the House of Representatives passes a vote that takes them off a seat of power. In Canada the executive branch holds the positions of the lieutenant governor: W. Thomas Molloy, premier, cabinet, and public service. In Canada the lieutenant governor is appointed by the governor general
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The emperor appoints the chief justice upon designation by the Cabinet, which also appoints the other justices. The judges can only be removed by public impeachment. The Supreme Court determines the constitutionality of laws and all its decisions are final. It supervises a system of four inferior courts: A High Court, which rules on appeals of judgments by the lower courts; a District Court; a Family Court; and a Summary Court. In Canada the supreme court is also the highest court, a court of last appeal. The supreme court of Canada has nine judges, one of the judges is the chief justice and eight other regular
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However, both the Queen the Governor General and the Lieutenant General have purely symbolic titles, doing nothing other than handing out medals, cutting ribbons, attending banquets and more. There are three branches of Government in Canada: the Judicial branch, which contains the Supreme Court, the Federal court, the Provincial Court and the Tax Court. The Legislative branch is made up of the Senate and the House of Commons. The Senate amends or rejects bills made by the House of Commons. The House of Commons debates issues makes bills and represents the public. The members are the Senators and the Members of the House of Commons. The last branch is the Executive branch, which is made up of the Queen, the Prime Minister ( The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau), the Cabinet, and the Governor General. It is also composed of the symbolic, political and permeant work together to create the government. The government is divided into three levels: Federal, Provincial, and Municipal. The municipal has Legislative and Executive branches but no Judicial, the Provincial has Legislative, Executive and Judicial and so does the Federal branch complete this. The Federal Powers are defence,
Established in Article III of the United States Constitution, The U.S. Supreme Court is the only federal branch that is comprised of non-elected members. The President with the advice and consent of Congress appoints Justices. The court adjudicates cases that arise through U.S. Constitutional issues U.S. laws and treaties, interstate cases and cases where a state itself or the U.S. is a party in the case. The Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdiction. That is, the court hears cases that originated in the Court itself and cases that have passed through other, lower federal courts with one party finding reasons to appeal. The court interprets the Constitution as it applies to a case, and it attempts to make a decision that most benefits the society of the time. This interpretation stands as the law until the court itself reverses it and deems it unconstitutional. The court has immense power and influence on the country and public policy. Consequently, the justices that make up the court, as individuals, heavily influence public policy. The court has seen as little as six and as many as ten justices serving at one time, including a Chief Justice. Often viewed as the embodiment of the court, the Chief Justice 's personality, judicial outlook and intellect can mold the courts image in public opinion and set the tone for what decisions are made and how.
In 1929, Canada opened a legation in Tokyo called Tokyo legation. This action was the inception of diplomatic relationship between Canada and Japan. The Tokyo legation was significant because it was the first legation Canada had in Asia and it was a hub that connected Canada and Asia in terms of diplomatic and trading activities. After World War II, Japan restored its diplomatic relationship with Canada in 1952 by signing Treaty of San Francisco. The two countries then sealed bilateral Agreement on Commerce in 1954 to restore economic relationship. Afterwards, in 1976, the Canada-Japan Framework for Economic Cooperation was signed. The framework created the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) which was the first major bilateral trade and investment between the two countries. In 1996, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Mrs. Chrétien and the Minister for International Trade Arthur C. Eggleton visited Japan to expand trading business between the two countries. They made deals in these fields: high technology sector, which includes aircraft, software, telecommunication equipment, and resource and
The Prime Minister of Japan is a Japanese citizen who, appointed by the Emperor, is designated from among the members of the Diet by a resolution. The Prime Ministers has the power to appoint the Ministers of State and may relieve them of their job as he sees fit. His primary role is submitting bills to the Diet and reporting on national affairs and international relations.
According to prime minister government Explore kids web Japan, “Some of the basic features that it has in common with other countries include(1) respect for fundamental human rights,(2) sovereignty of the people and (3) government by politicians chosen by election.” They also have to rule by the constitution of their country. (According to Japan government and society history geography), Japan is divided into 47 prefectures, which are like states in the U.S. They each have local governments that include a mayor, and an assembly. They also call their mayor a chief. For the prefectures all of their mayors are elected by the citizens in the prefectures. Also once one of the prefectures reaches a population of 500,000 citizens it becomes a designated city. Designated cities are split into wards which have a mayor and an assembly. That explains how Japan is a constitutional
Executive power is vested in the office of the President of the United States. The President has the dual role of being the chief of state and the head of government. The President is also commander in chief of the armed forces. He issues executive orders, and appoints Supreme Court justices (with senate approval). The president is also called "the chief legislator" because he indirectly proposes many bills, considers all bills from Congress and signs them into law or vetoes them.
According to the Country Meters website (Country Meters, 2014), Japan’s population reaches over an immense 127 million providing a substantial amount of opportunities for Japanese Tourists. Japan is located in Eastern Asia between the North and Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan made up of “four large islands named Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku, along with many other smaller islands” (Web Japan, N.D). Japan has a fixed government structure with three main branches. These are the Diet (Legislative Branch), Cabinet (Executive Branch) and the Courts (Judicial Branch) (Ministry of Corporate Affairs). This kind of fixed government structure can be seen as an advantage towards an Australian business as it shows that the country has equally distributed control and would furthermore be easy to adapt to as Australia has similar government proceedings. According to Factbook online, the geographics of Japan that have been recorded since 1935 and have shown to be gradually increasing in the amount of individuals aged from 15-64 and 65+. However, the children of Japan (ages 0-14) have been seen to be progressively decreasing, meaning the rate
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