Japan is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The emperor serves as the symbolic head of state, while political authority is exercised by elected officials. The prime minister leads the government and is supported by the Diet, Japan’s legislature, which consists of the House of Representatives, the lower house, and the House of Councillors, the upper house.
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