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Japan entered a lengthy recession in the 1990s (see Lost Decades), which many people blamed on the LDP. [ citation needed ] In the 1993 election , the party lost power for the first time under the 1955 System, when an eight-party coalition led by Morihiro Hosokawa of the Japan New Party were able to form a government .
The Meiji era (明治時代, Meiji jidai, [meꜜː(d)ʑi] ⓘ) was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. [1] The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent ...
September 12 – Typhoon Fran, according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency of Japan confirmed report, 171 persons were killed and 537 injured. [ 4 ] October 29 – A massive fire in Sakata , Yamagata Prefecture , according to Fire and Management Disaster Agency confirmed report, one person was killed, 1,003 were injured, and 1,774 houses ...
Japan Airlines Flight 516 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan, to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The Coast Guard plane was scheduled to deliver relief supplies a day after the 2024 Noto earthquake .
The easternmost Japanese island, Minami-Tori-shima, also uses Japan Standard Time, while it is geographically 1,848 kilometres (1,148 mi) southeast of Tokyo and in the UTC+10:00 time zone. Sakhalin uses UTC+11:00 , even though it is located directly north of Hokkaido.
Abortion in Japan is allowed under a term limit of 22 weeks for endangerment to the health of the pregnant woman, economic hardship, or rape. [1] Chapter XXIX of the Penal Code of Japan makes abortion de jure illegal in the country, but exceptions to the law are broad enough that it is widely accepted and practiced.
By Mariko Katsumura. SANBAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real ...
This List of current members of the House of Representatives of Japan is a list of members of the House of Representatives in Japan's Lower House. [1] The House of Representatives consists of 465 seats, 289 in single-seat constituencies and 176 in a proportional representation block.