Figure 7. Structure of National Government, 1990

Source: Based on information from Who's Who in Japanese Government, 1988-1989, Tokyo, 1988, 4-5, 258-59, 260-61; and United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: A Reference Aid, Washington: July/August 1990, 41.

Figure 8. Structure of Local Government, 1990

The Diet Building completed in 1936; the House of Representatives is in the left wing, the House of Councillors in the right
Courtesy Jane T. Griffin

Data as of January 1994

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