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Understand who leads each country—and how they came to power.

Explore national election results and current leaders around the world. Find presidents, prime ministers and heads of state, compare parliamentary seats won by political parties, and check when the next elections are expected. Choose a country to see its leadership portraits, election charts and links to official sources.

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Japan

Leadership

Portrait of Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi
Prime Minister
Cabinet Public Affairs Office of Japan · Photo source · CC BY 4.0
Portrait of Naruhito
Naruhito
Emperor
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Photo source · CC BY 4.0

Previously a university professor of economics, she held ministerial posts for internal affairs and economic security before becoming prime minister. Profile source

National government

JAPAN · ELECTIONS & REPRESENTATION

Votes, seats & parliament

Dated source snapshot

Explore Japan’s recorded parliamentary results and how each chamber is selected. Leadership portraits appear above; the charts below show seats reported in the linked election records.

Chambers recorded22 not marked suspended in this source
Directly elected2Other chambers may use a different selection method
Results coverage2 / 2Chambers with a party-seat breakdown

These are dated election records, not live chamber membership. By-elections, vacancies, appointments and changes of party may alter the current composition. A seat total can cover only the seats allocated in that result; it does not automatically represent the full statutory chamber.

Directly elected

House of Representatives

Recorded selection · 8 February 2026

465seats shown
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)315
Centrist Reform Alliance49
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party)36
Democratic Party for the People28
Sanseito15
Team Mirai11
Independents5
Japanese Communist Party (JCP)4
Reiwa Shinsengumi1
Genzei Nippon Yukoku Rengo1

Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.

Largest allocation in this resultLiberal Democratic Party (LDP)315 of 465 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.

Next recorded renewal projection31 January 2030A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
View the source record ↗

Directly elected

Senate

Recorded selection · 20 July 2025

125seats shown
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)39
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan22
Democratic Party for the People17
Sanseito14
Komeito8
Independents8
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party)7
Japanese Communist Party (JCP)3
Reiwa Shinsengumi3
Conservative Party of Japan2
Social Democratic Party (SDP)1
Team Mirai1

Each seat icon represents one reported seat. Colours distinguish parties within this chart; the arc is a visual grouping, not a seating plan.

Largest allocation in this resultLiberal Democratic Party (LDP)39 of 125 reported seats. This alone does not identify a governing coalition.

Next recorded renewal projection31 July 2028A source projection, not a confirmed polling-day announcement.
View the source record ↗

Regional election maps require separately verified geographic results. National seat totals are shown here without inferring regional winners.

Inter-Parliamentary Union: Parliamentary elections, November 2026. Terms of use · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

UN heads of state and government reference