Japan general election, 2000 - Japan general election, 2000 Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Representatives) of the Japanese Diet were held on 25 June 2000. These statistics are from the newspaper Asahi Shimbun of 26 and 27 June 2000. Parties: Clean Government Party (Komeito) (Komei-to) Democratic Party (DP) (Minshu-to) Japan Communist Party (JCP) (Nihon Kyosan-to) Liberal Party (LP) (Jiyu-to) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (Jiyu Minshu-to) Social Democratic Party (SDP) (Shakai Minshu-to) The House of Representatives consists of 480 members, 300 elected from single-member constituencies and 180 elected on a proportional basis from eleven multi-member constituencies known as Block constituencies. NATIONAL SUMMARY = These figures are an aggregation of votes cast in the Block constituencies. --------------------------------------------------------- Seats Party Votes % Con Blk Total --------------------------------------------------------- Clean Government 7,637,456 13.1 5 24 29.
Japan general election - Japan general election General elections in Japan determine members of the House of Representatives. The election is initiated when the Prime Minister dissolved the house or when the term of members ends. All of elections by now are due to dissolution. List of general elections Japan general election, 2000 Japan general election, 2003.
2000 in India - 2000 in India See also: 1999 in India, other events of 2000, 2001 in India and the Timeline of Indian history. January 3 A landmine explodes in a busy vegetable market in the heart of Indian-ruled Kashmir, killing 15 people; other border skirmishes with Pakistan kill a further four. January 3 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee accuses Pakistan of being behind the hijacking of an Indian plane and urges that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state. January 6 India arrests four Kashmiri militants in connection with the week-long hijacking in December. February 24 A review of national security is ordered, after an expert committee's report on the incursion of Pakistani-backed forces into Kashmir in mid-1999 exposed serious shortcomings. The Subramanyam committee recommends a new "national security.
Politics of Japan - Politics of Japan There is still dispute as to whether Japan is a constitutional monarchy or a republic. It has a parliamentary government, which consists of three branches: the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch. Sovereignty is vested in Japanese nationals by whom officials are elected in all of the branches. There is universal adult suffrage with a fair, reliable, secret ballot. For historical reasons, the system is similar to that in the United Kingdom. National Diet building in Tokyo Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Government Structure 1.1 Legislative 1.2 Executive 1.3 Judicial 2 Recent political developments 3 Other facts 4 References Government Structure Japan no longer officially has the traditional federal system, and its 47 prefectures depend on the central government for subsidies..
List of Japan-related topics - List of Japan-related topics See also Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Japanese) Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese prefectures Wikipedia:Wikiproject Japanese districts and municipalites Wikipedia:Tips for Japanese Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Japan Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese characters Kanji Reference:Index Wikipedia:Manual of Style for Japan-related articles A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # .hack, .hack//SIGN, 0 Series Shinkansen, 100 Series Shinkansen, 100-yen shop, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1998 Winter Olympics, 200 Series Shinkansen, 23 special wards, 2ch, 300 Series Shinkansen, 400 Series Shinkansen, 47 Ronin, 500 Series Shinkansen, 55-year system, 64DD, 700 Series Shinkansen, 800 Series Shinkansen A A City With No People, A.I. Love You, Abashiri, Abashiri subprefecture, ABCL/1, ABCL/R, ABCL/R2, Abe clan of Mikawa, Abe Iso, Abe Masakatsu, Abe no.
January 7 - days remaining (359 in leap years). The day is 人日 (Jinjitsu), 七草の節句 in Japan. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1566 - Pius V becomes Pope. 1598 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia. 1601 - Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 1610 - Galileo Galilei observes the four largest moons of Jupiter for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the Galilean moons. 1782 - The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North America). 1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Americann John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to.
July 26 - of his volunteers are captured by Union forces. 1878 - In California, the poet and American West outlaw calling himself "Black Bart" makes his last clean getaway when he steals a safe box from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The empty box will be found later with a taunting poem inside. 1887 - L. L. Zamenhof publishes "Dr. Esperanto's International Language. 1908 - United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation). 1941 - World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States. 1945 - General election results in the United Kingdom are announced; The Labour.
June 16 - London Working Men's Association begins the Chartist Movement 1858 - Abraham Lincoln's House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois 1858 - Battle of Morar, during the Indian Mutiny. 1871 - University Tests Act allow students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology. 1884 - The first roller coaster in the United States begins operation at Coney Island, New York 1891 - John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister 1903 - Ford motor company incorporates 1915 - foundation of the British Women's Institute 1922 - General election in Irish Free State: large majority to pro-Treaty Sinn Fein 1924 - Whampoa Military Academy is founded 1940 - World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Premier of Vichy France 1940 - A Communist government.
History of Pakistan - 4,500-year old urban civilization in Pakistan's Indus River valley (see Indus Valley civilization). This civilization declined around 1500-1900 B.C. One major theory is that the Indus Valley civilization was crushed by successive invasions (circa 2000 B.C. and 1400 B.C.) of Aryans, Indo-European warrior tribes from the Caucasus region in what is now Russia (see Aryan invasion). The Aryans were followed in 500 B.C. by Persians and, in 326 B.C., by Alexander the Great. The "Gandhara culture" flourished in much of present-day Pakistan. The Indo-Greek descendants of Alexander the Great saw the most creative period of the Gandhara (Buddhist) culture. For 200 years after the Kushan Dynasty was established in A.D. 50, Taxila (near Islamabad) became a renowned center of learning, philosophy, and art. Pakistan's Islamic history began with the arrival of.
History of the Republic of China - Taiwan 6.4 Bloody early years 6.5 Economic Developments 6.6 Diplomatic setbacks 6.7 Democratic reforms 7 See also Revolution of 1911 Main article: Xinhai Revolution Failure of reform from the top and the fiasco of the Boxer Rebellion convinced many Chinese that the only real solution lay in outright revolution, in sweeping away the old order and erecting a new one patterned preferably after the example of Japan. The revolutionary leader was Sun Yat-sen, a republican and anti-Qing activist who became increasingly popular among the overseas Chinese and Chinese students abroad, especially in Japan. In 1905 Sun founded the Tongmeng Hui (United League) in Tokyo with Huang Xing, a popular leader of the Chinese revolutionary movement in Japan, as his deputy. This movement, generously supported by overseas Chinese funds, also gained political.
Houston, Texas - Texas. It is the county seat of Harris County6 and the far west portion of Houston also extends into Fort Bend County. Houston is situated in East Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,953,631. Houston is one of the newest and fastest growing major cities in the United States. 50 years ago there were less than 500,000 people here, and 100 years ago Houston was the 85th largest town in the U.S. Now, quoted as the "Fastest Growing City in America" and "the Most Popular City to Relocate," there are as many as 5 million people living in the Houston Metropolitan Area. Houston covers about 600 square miles in area, and is also the largest city in the United States which does not have.
February 2003 - he believes that regime change is a dangerous goal for an invasion of Iraq, and that disarmament only should be the goal of international pressure. [1] It is reported that, citing "national interest" as a reason, the British government under Margaret Thatcher contributed approximately £1bn of taxpayer money to Iraq under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s. Most of this money went into military infrastructure built by British companies such as BAe Systems. [1] The new Austrian government, again headed by Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, is sworn in by Federal President Thomas Klestil. After more than three months of negotiations following the general elections of November 24, 2002, Schüssel (Austrian People's Party) decided to continue the coalition with the right-of-centre Austrian Freedom Party begun in early 2000. Although any future influence on.
Union of International Associations (UIA) - Brussels, as Central Office of International Associations, by Henri La Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize 1913) and Paul Otlet, Secretary-General of the then International Institute of Bibliography (read more about Paul Otlet), which subsequently became the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), and with which UIA activities were closely associated. Became a federation, under the present name, at the 1st World Congress of International Organizations (Brussels, 1910). 2. Current status and Constitution The Statutes were modified in 1951 to give the UIA the character of an institute with a world focus, having individuals as full members. It is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit body which is apolitical in character. Its programmes are totally oriented toward the community of international associations whose actions they are designed to facilitate, whether through special studies or.
Economy of Peru - aftermath of El Niño and the Asian financial crisis working its way through the economy. Lima did manage to complete negotiations for an Extended Fund Facility with the IMF in June 1999, although it subsequently had to renegotiate the targets. Pressure on spending is growing in the run-up to the 2000 elections. Nevertheless, improved commodity prices and the recovery of the fishing sector should help drive GDP growth above the 5% mark in 2000. Economy - in greater depth: From 1994 through 1997, the economy recorded robust growth driven by foreign direct investment, almost 46% of which was related to the privatization program. The economy stagnated from 1998 through 2001, the result of the century’s strongest El Niño weather phenomenon, global financial turmoil, political instability, a stalled privatization program, increased government.
Division of Korea - for this undertaking was half an hour, the officers had little knowledge of the area and used a National Geographic map to divide the peninsula along the 38th parallel. The division of Korea along the 38th parallel was decided in America before the Korean people even knew about the capitulation of the Japanese empire. Japan officially capitulated on 15th August 1945. Historical Background The fact that Korea is still divided can be explained when looking at the historical background. Japan's imperialism plays an important role. Western countries recognized Japan as an equal partner or even rival. After the war between Russia and Japan in 1905 the American president Theodore Roosevelt "left" Korea to Japan and in return was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. At first Korea was a protectorate, in 1910.
1997 - Years: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 - 1997 - 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 This is a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). International Year of the Reef See also: 1997 in film 1997 in literature 1997 in music 1997 in sports 1997 in television Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Historical Relic and Ancient Remain 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Nobel Prizes 7 Heads of state in Events January 3 - NBC's Today show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time. January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. January 16 - Ennis Cosby, the only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California.
1998 - 2040s Years: 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 - 1998 - 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 This is a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) International Year of the Ocean See also: 1998 in art 1998 in film 1998 in literature 1998 in music 1998 in science 1998 in sports 1998 in television 1998 in Canada Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Nobel Prizes 6 Heads of state and government Events January: A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants January 2 - Russia begins to circulate.
1988 - California v. Greenwood: In a 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that police officers do not need a search warrant to search through discarded garbage. April 25 - In Israel John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II. He was accused of being a notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp known as "Ivan the Terrible" by survivors. Conviction overturned by Israeli Supreme Court. May 24 - Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom. May 15 - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdraw from Afghanistan. May 16 - A report by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar.
1928 - Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king. October 12 - An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston. November 4 - At Park Central Hotel in Manhattan, Arnold Rothstein, New York City's most notorious gambler, is shot to death over a poker game. November 6 - Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king. November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1928: Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over Democrat Alfred E. Smith. November 10 - Michinomiya Hirohito is crowned the 124th Emperor of Japan The old Canaanite city of Ugarit is rediscovered. Turkey switches from arabic to the latin-based modern Turkish alphabet. The right to vote extended to all women in England Frederick.
2002 in politics - 2002 in politics Years in politics: 2000-2001-2002-2003-2004 - list of years in politics Events January 1- Eduardo Duhalde is appointed President of Argentina. He appoints Jorge Capitanich as cabinet chief, Carlos Ruckauf as foreign minister; Felipe Solá becomes governor of Buenos Aires. January 1- Safet Halilovic becomes President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. January 1- Manuel Andrade Díaz takes office as governor of Tabasco. Janyary 1- Kaspar Villiger becomes president of Switzerland; Pascal Corminboeuf becomes president of the Council of State of Fribourg; Claudio Lardi president of the government of Graubünden; Anita Rion president of the government of Jura; Ulrich Fässler Schultheiss of Luzern; Herbert Bühl president of the government of Schaffhausen; Rolf Ritschard Landammann of Solothurn; and Francine Jeanprêtre president of the Council of State of Vaud..
