Talk:List of prime ministers of Japan

message: For the record I am counting the present Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro as the 68th Prime Minister not the 56th. After all if it was good enough for Grover Cleveland to be counted twice as President of the United States then be good enough for Prime Ministers of Japan serving non-consecutive terms to be counted more than once as well.--The Shadow Treasurer 04:33, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: PM count

message: The picture of Shinzō Abe is "stupid" - the British flag in the background??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jorgusch (talk • contribs) 18:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: picture

message: The current list is riddled with mistakes and ommissions. I am currently working on a revised list. What was the source for the original list? JeroenHoek 14:14, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  List update in progress 

message: Here in Australia the interim Prime Ministers are counted, so therefore I do not see why the same could not also applied with the Prime Ministers of Japan. Either that or just get rid of the numbers altogether. --The Shadow Treasurer 29 June 2005 04:52 (UTC)
:Apparantly, in Japan they don't.  
:None of the interim ministers held that post very long (a few days mostly). Perhaps interim prime minister isn't the right term for "the guy that does whatever the previous prime minister was doing until a new prime minister is available", but they shouldn't be counted.  JeroenHoek 29 June 2005 09:28 (UTC)
The shortest serving Australian Prime Minister Frank Forde was only in the job for six days. If he can be counted for that short a period then it is not unreasonable for the interims in Japan to be counted as well.--The Shadow Treasurer 29 June 2005 23:23 (UTC)
:This article aims to present a comprehensive list of Japanese Prime Ministers. It makes sense to include who acted as interim prime minister during gaps between cabinets. However, an acting prime minister is not a prime minister. The first column shows the number of the cabinet, the second the number of the individual.
:Also, history books, academic papers and official Japanese government material all use the currently used numbering for as far as I can tell, they call Koizumi Junichirō the 87th prime minister, not the 95th. JeroenHoek 30 June 2005 11:56 (UTC)
I am a historian with a degree in East Asian studies and I concur that the interims should not be counted.
Also, this characterization "imperial rule" for Konoe Fumimaro's governments has no basis in Japanese historiography whatsoever.  His governments should also be labeled "no party."
silentcity 9 August 2005 20:19 (UTC)
:Then please feel free to edit the entries for Konoe. I didn't change those descriptions when I revised the list, there might be some wrong data in it (the list had a lot of mistakes and ommisions before I revised it, so some mistakes may remain) JeroenHoek 20:54, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  I demand a recount 

message: I added this column to the article. I got the idea from List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, which became a featured article at one point. The details on that article are impressive and useful. Hopefully, we can add similar details here. J Readings (talk) 06:21, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Former Ministerial Offices Held (Added)

message: It's not stated anywhere as to what the background colors indicate. Although it appears that they are an indication of party affiliation, there are some differences. Anyone know for sure? CFLeon (talk) 23:39, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've attempted to put a color code box at the head of the article to let readers know which parties correspond to which colors. This was used successfully in the List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. I hoped to repeat it here, but a technical glitch seems to screw everything up right now. If anyone knows how to match the Japanese party colors in the tables with the colors in the opening box at the head of the article, I would appreciate it. Thanks again, J Readings (talk) 05:45, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, its done I had fix the color problem. — [[User: ASDFGH|■~∀SÐFﾑｻ~■ =] ]] Babashi? antenna? 21:45, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks so much. It looks great now.J Readings (talk) 01:53, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Background Colors

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message: I noticed that there is no definition of A# and I# in the article. As I do not know what they stand for, could someone write a line or two defining them? Svyatoslav (talk) 17:43, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Numbers?

message: I had already edited the article before. So, I'll post here instead of editing again: I just want to point out that Ashida Hitoshi's Minshutō (Democratic Party, 1947-1950, (ja)) and Hatoyama Ichirō's Nihon Minshutō (Democratic Party of Japan, 1954-1955, (ja)) were - despite some continuity - two different parties. --Asakura Akira (talk) 08:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Democratic, occupation 

message: *"." The Japan Times. Tuesday September 27, 2011.
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thread_title: Stuff

message: I have compiled list of prime ministerial election results (User:Asakura Akira/Diet directory#Election of the Prime Minister of Japan) from the Japanese Wikipedia, and I was wondering whether there would be demand for or objection against including the results table as it is (*) in this article or if it should be transformed into a separate article of its own instead as I had originally intended. Any thoughts?(*): Of course, except for the colours which now match the era-spanning colour scheme used in :Commons:Category:Pie charts for elections in Japan which roughly reflects pre-/post-war continuities between parties; but adapting the table to the colors used here is quickly done if it should be included here.--Asakura Akira (talk) 12:28, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Election results 

message: As the entire article has been denuded of most of its material, I suggest we put it all back in order to make it more informative and interesting again. Arglebargle79 (talk) 19:58, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: The poor "clean up" of the article 

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message: I believe this should be its own page, as this is the case in several other nation's heads of state & governments, notably the United Kingdom and the United States. Anime King 🎌 (💬)  12:21, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of prime ministers of Japan by length of tenure to new article