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A 10 page research paper that explores the political system of these countries. The last several decades have seen dramatic political changes throughout the world. This examination contrasts and compares changing patterns of governance between Germany, Mexico and Japan. Evaluation of the political system in these countries necessitates also examining to what extent each government has instituted checks and balances between the various branches of government and their efficacy, as well as to what extent special interest groups are able to influence national policy. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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and Japan. Evaluation of the political system in these countries necessitates also examining to what extent each government has instituted checks and balances between the various branches of government and
their efficacy, as well as to what extent special interest groups are able to influence national policy. Japan Japan has a constitution monarchy with a parliamentary legislature, the Diet.
The executive branch is responsible to the Diet, but the judicial branch operates independently (Japan, 2003). Prior to World War II, sovereignty embodied by the Japanese emperor, but in contemporary
Japan it is vested in the Japanese people, while the Emperor acts as a symbolic head of state (Japan, 2003). The legislative branch of the government consists
of two houses, the House of Representative and the House of Chancellors (Japan, 2003). The executive branch consist of the prime ministers and ministers of state. The prime minister must
be a member of the Diet and is selected by his colleagues (Japan, 2003). The judicial system consists of several levels of courts with the Supreme court as the final
judicial authority. The last decade has seen rapid change in Japanese governance. In April of 1994, Prime Minister Hosokawa resigned and Prime Minister Tsotumu Hata was appointed to form
a successor coalition government, Japans first minority government in close to 40 years (Japan, 2003). Hata resigned in less than two months and Tomiichi Myrayama formed a new government in
June of 1994, which was a coalition of his party, the Japan Socialist Party (JSP), the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the small Sakigaka Party (Japan, 2003). Murayama was prime
minister until January 1996. A series of coalition governments followed. As this suggests, the last decade has been turbulent one for Japan, representing a period of significant social and
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