Japanese Politics 101: The House Of Councillors

Welcome back to Japanese Politics 101!
In this episode we discuss the second of the main houses of the Japanese Diet: the House of Councillors. How much power does the upper house yield? And how difficult is it to be elected to a seat? Join hosts Timothy Langley and Michael Cucek in another episode of Japanese Politics 101 to find out!
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[@Norleon777]

Thanks for the explanation! What will the next video be about? The structures and capacities of the 47 prefectural governments and the governors? Gubernatorial elections seem to be a big deal in Japan after all

[@nadrini300]

I always wondered why there isn't a prime minister who came from the House of Councillors since nominees aren't necessarily required to be from the House of Representatives.
Love watching Japanese Politics 101 videos. Subscribed!

[@Streetrally]

EXCELLENT video! Thank you very much for the wonderful explanation. I saw that the manga author Ken Akamatsu recently won a seat and was curious how that happened.

[@rezrinrazali1438]

Just found out about your videos. Learned so much about Japan's politics! Thank you SM!

[@cherin186]

Thank you!! Your videos are very helpful and make it much easier to understand how Japan's politics work.

[@zan2082]

THANK YOU FOR THIS SM!!!!!

[@edonaito6962]

I seem to recall the shoe throwing was in a committee meeting but perhaps confusing this with some other incident in the past