House of Councillors
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The House of Councillors is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko seated in the Chamber of the House of Councillors, with Prince and Princess Akishino, the cabinet, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan giving the government's speech in front of the assembled members of parliament at a ceremony commemorating the 120th anniversary of the founding of the National Diet. (2010)
Ryutaro Hashimoto
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Ryutaro Hashimoto was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998.
Official portrait, 1996
Hashimoto with Tomiichi Murayama and the Ministers of Murayama Government (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on 30 June 1994)
Hashimoto with Bill Clinton (at Akasaka Palace on 17 April 1996)
Hashimoto with William Cohen (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on 9 April 1997)