In This Essay I Am Going To Compare And Contrast The Governments

Japan first started out as an isolated nation, but soon it would become one of the most powerful countries during WWII. But before Japan was a powerful Nation, it needed to modernize. According to document 1, Japan was isolated from 1635-1853.1853 to 1854.This was when US Commodore Perry visited Japan and forced them to open their ports(document 1, N.d, timeline. As a result of this, the Japanese create the Meiji Restoration. According to document 5, the emperor is given the power to command the Army and the Navy end to rule over Japan, but the citizens too have a house of representatives( Alfred Stead,1904, Doc 5).

The concentration of power into the emperor’s hands led to many changes in the government of Japan. The samurai class was quickly abolished, a national army was formed, political parties formed, an upper House of Peers and lower House of Diet were formed, and a constitution was drafted.

The United States’ and Japan’s political systems have some similarities and differences. The United States has a federal government, which in our textbook is defined as “a system of government in which power is divided, by a constitution, between a central government and regional governments.” Japan has a unitary government which is defined as, “a centralized government system in which lower levels of government have little power independent of the national government.” Some of the similarities in the political systems are that both governments are broken into three branches (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial). Also, they both elect their political leaders, and value the opinion of their citizens and institutions to determine leaders. The

Representatives from the House are elected every two years. You do not have to be a natural born citizen to be elected, but you must be a citizen for a minimum of seven years. Representatives must be 25 years of age and must live in the state they represent, but are not required to live in the exact district. The Senate of the United States is comprised of

Each strove to maintain a centralized government. For Japan the leader was to be called an emperor or empress who could only be a part of the royal family if they were related to the Shinto sun goddess. As for Europe, the leader was to be called a king or a queen. Like Japan, not just anybody could become royalty. Kings and queens came from a long descent of an Imperial family. Tradition was that the first born son of the king would become the next ruler following the kings death. However, if no legitimate son were born then the daughter would become queen. In Europe, the royal family and institution was usually

the Chamber of Deputies who are elected every three years. You are able to serve as many terms you want as long as they are not consecutive terms.The people are the ones that elect the state legislatures for each of the 31 states and also the governors. Each member of the Senate are elected to represent their state. If the state is bigger there will be more representatives for that state. In the Chamber of Deputies 300 of the deputies are elected from the country’s electoral districts and the other 200 seats are filled by deputies who do not represent a particular district. The Legislative branch is important because of the laws that they make but the branch that uses them is

Although Japan changed in many ways from 1853 to 1941, there were also many factors that remained the same throughout the history of Japan. One such continuity was the maintained existence of a figurehead ruler controlled by other political authorities. The feudalistic emperor of Japan was the supposed “highest, most powerful authority” in the land, but was actually controlled by the military leaders- the shogun. Similarly, the militaristic emperor of Japan decades later continued to remain a figurehead ruler controlled by military and government officials. In addition, Japan continued to remain reliant on exports in order to maintain its economy. As a result of Japan’s small geographical size, the island nation had few natural resources and was forced to rely on exports to survive economically. The nation also grew increasingly reliant on other nations to provide materials and supplies that it could not provide for itself. This complete reliance on other nations was seen illustrated when the Japanese military was provoked to attacking another superpower- the United States, in response to the 1940 United States embargo

Feudal Japan had a very weak central government. Japan’s emperor didn’t have much real power. He acted as a figurehead to the shogun. The shogun, a warlord, had all the

The British Empire was able to aid Japan by providing Japan with the following: changing the layout of cities, building railroads, joining the Industrial Revolution, providing a stronger education, and making Tokyo the capital of Japan. These advances in the Japanese culture led to Japan becoming an imperialistic nation by invading the Ryukyu Islands and later Korea and Taiwan. Japan was driven by nationalism in the early 1940s and this led them to commit many war crimes that would lead to the demilitarization of the Japanese. This affects the political aspects of Japan because a flashpoint near Japan is North Korea that could theoretically spring an attack at any moment causing tremendous devastation in Japan. Japan’s government is very bureaucratic because of the many organization that have high influences on the government.

Every country differs in their preference of political system to govern their countries. For democratic countries, two possible choices of governing are the presidential system and the parliamentary system. Since both the presidential and the parliamentary systems have their own strengths and weaknesses, many scholars have examined these two forms of government, and debate on which political system is more successful in governance. In this paper, I will first provide a detailed analysis of both the parliamentary and the presidential system. I will also evaluate each system’s strengths and weaknesses, addressing any differences as well as any commonalities. Finally, I will conclude by using historical examples to analyze and support the

Japan was more concerned about keeping order. This helps prove that the differences between European and Japanese feudalism made limited government more likely to develop in the West because order is should be the main priority of a government. “There are also reports [of] vagabonds from gangs[,] [who] treat villages as if they were their own possessions.”7 This helps prove that Japan was more concerned about keeping order because Japan doesn't want people who wander around from place to place causing disorder. With these vagabonds all around the streets, Japan would be very disastrous. “When a newly appointed governor travels to....[where] he is assigned, some of his entourage and other followers either rob things from other [people] or engage in quarrels[.]”8 This helps prove Japan was more concerned about keeping order because if the government is the one who is causing the crimes, it would give people the idea that it is OK to do it also, which may cause an increase in crimes and violence. The governor's entourage is supposed to be keeping order but they are the ones who are robbing people and also causing commotions with others. The government is being a bad role model. They are supposed to set a good example but now,

Today i am going to compare the finnish and US government. Finland is nothing like the US at all, they might have some similarities but they are nothing alike.

The people of America and their government each owe their commitment to obey certain obligations to each other. Since each component of the nation must work together in order for it to function properly, the people and those governing them each have essential duties they must obey to sustain an efficiently operating country. The “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” (Lincoln) both serves the people and is served by the people.

The parliamentary system, unlike the American presidential system, is recognizable by a fusion of powers between the legislative and executive branches. The Prime Minister, who is the chief executive, may be elected to the legislature in the same way that all other members are elected. The Prime Minister is the leader of the party that wins the majority of votes to the legislature-either de facto, or in some cases through an election held by the legislature. The Prime Minister appoints Cabinet Ministers. However, unlike in the presidential system, these members are typically themselves legislature

Japan is a very interesting place, it is the same size of the state California and the lifestyle can be divided into three types: farm land type, fishing village type, and urban types. When learning about the political area I have learned that in the United States we have a President and Secretaries of the state, but in Japan they have Emperor’s (chief of state), Prime Ministers, and Deputy Prime Ministers. The chef of state is named Emperor Akihito and the head of government is Prime Minister Shinzo ABE; Deputy Prime Minister Taro ASO. (CIA, 2016) The prime minister is the leader of the largest political party and appoints various ministries to make up his cabinet. Political power is supposed to be shared between national government and regional governments. However, most of the time the national government is unwilling or unable to fix urgent or local matters. According to Funabashi, “The country’s population has been declining since 2008 at 128 million people to 2016 at 127 million people. The prime minister has set the first numerical target to stabilize the population at 100 million over the next 50 years, breaking a postwar political taboo”. (Funabashi, 2016) In japan the population is growing slowly and aging rapidly, and that is effecting the older population (Pulsipher, 2010). It is bad when there are more dogs and cats registered than there are children under the age of fifteen. It is like the people are not producing children anymore there. The families are not