Japanese Sentences with English Translations - Sentences [統治]

The Diet is the chief organ of government in Japan.

Alfred, King of England, was a great scholar as well as a great ruler.

The English sovereign is generally said to reign but not rule.

In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.

That island was governed by France at one time.

The country was governed by a French noble family.

Spain once governed the Philippine Islands.

Once the Sultan ruled over today's Turkey.

The king rules over the country.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.

It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.

The king has reigned over the country for many years.