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| 日本国内閣総理大臣 | |
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| Style | Naikaku sōridaijin |
| Type | Head of government |
| Member of | Cabinet National Security Council National Diet |
| Residence | Kantei |
| Seat | Tokyo |
| Nominator | National Diet |
| Appointer | Emperor |
| Term length | Four years or fewer, renewable indefinitely.[a] |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Japan |
| Precursor | Daijō-daijin of Japan |
| Formation | 22 December 1885 |
| First holder | Itō Hirobumi |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Salary | ¥40,490,000/ US$ 296,478 annually[1] |
| Website | Official website |
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The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self Defence Forces[2] and is a sitting member of either house of the National Diet (typically the House of Representatives).
The Emperor appoints as prime minister the person who is nominated by the National Diet (the parliament). The prime minister must retain the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office. The prime minister lives and works at the Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei (Prime Minister's Official Residence) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, close to the National Diet Building.
Sixty-four men have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Itō Hirobumi taking office on 22 December 1885. The longest-serving prime minister was Shinzo Abe, who served over eight years, and the shortest-serving was Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, who served eight weeks. The current prime minister is Fumio Kishida, who succeeded Yoshihide Suga on 4 October 2021, following the 2021 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election,[3] although he has agreed to step down and his party is, as of September 2024, choosing his likely successor.[4]
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- ^ "Fumio Kishida: Japan's new prime minister takes office". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Japan PM Fumio Kishida announces he will step down in September". The Guardian. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.