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Politics of Nagasaki, as in all prefectures of Japan, takes place in the framework of local autonomy that is guaranteed by the Constitution and laid out in the Local Autonomy Law. The administration is headed by a governor directly elected by the people every four years in first-past-the-post elections. Legislation, the budget and the approval of personnel appointments, including the vice governor, are handled by the prefectural assembly that is directly elected by the people every four years by single-non transferable vote. With a population of less than 1.5 million in four counties and a total of 21 municipalities, Nagasaki is one of the smaller prefectures. Its fiscal strength index (''zaiseiryoku shisū'') was 0.30 in fiscal 2009 (rank 42 nationwide), it can cover less than a third of its calculated expenses with its own prefectural taxes.〔Nagasaki Prefectural Government: (5. current fiscal situation )〕 == National representation == Nagasaki's delegation to the national Diet currently consists of four directly elected Representatives and two Councillors, electing one every three years. For the House of Representatives, the prefecture forms part of the Kyūshū proportional representation block. As of August 2013, Nagasaki's directly elected members of the Diet are (not including Diet members who are from Nagasaki but were elected by proportional representation) * in the House of Representatives * * 1st district: Tsutomu Tomioka, Liberal Democrat * * 2nd district: Kanji Katō, Liberal Democrat * * 3rd district: Yaichi Tanigawa, Liberal Democrat * * 4th district: Seigo Kitamura, Liberal Democrat * in the House of Councillors (Nagasaki At-large district) * * class of 2010: Genjirō Kaneko, Liberal Democrat * * class of 2013: Yūichirō Koga, Liberal Democrat 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Nagasaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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