Editing Tokyo (section)

=== National government ===
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Tokyo is the seat of all [[Separation of powers|three branches of government]]: the legislature ([[National Diet]]), the executive ([[Cabinet of Japan|Cabinet]] led by the [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]), and the judiciary ([[Supreme Court of Japan]]), as well as the [[Emperor of Japan]], the head of state. Most government ministries are concentrated in the [[Kasumigaseki]] district in Chiyoda, and the name Kasumigaseki is often used as a [[Metonymy|metonym]] for the [[Civil service of Japan|Japanese national civil service]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kobayashi |first=Nobutoshi |date=2024-04-17 |title=Japanese students losing interest in civil service |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/japan/society/students-lose-interest-in-civil-service/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=The Japan Times |language=en |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712155538/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/japan/society/students-lose-interest-in-civil-service/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tokyo has 25 constituencies for the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]], 18 of which were won by the ruling [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democrats]] and 7 by the main opposition [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|Constitutional Democrats]] in the [[2021 Japanese general election|2021 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[NHK]] |title=General election 2021 results: Tokyo |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/13/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=www.nhk.or.jp |language=ja |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101001329/https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/database/shugiin/2021/13/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Apart from these seats, through the [[Tokyo proportional representation block]], Tokyo sends 17 more politicians to the House of Representatives, 6 of whom were members of the ruling LDP in the 2021 election. The [[Tokyo at-large district]], which covers the entire metropolis, sends 12 members to the [[House of Councillors]].