Diet of Japan

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The Diet of Japan is the country’s bicameral national legislature, consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
buildingLocationDistrict Nagatachō ⓘ
linked to: Nagatachō district
buildingLocationWard Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ
canBeDissolvedChamber House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
cannotBeDissolvedChamber House of Councillors of Japan ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state power ⓘ
sole law-making organ of the state ⓘ
convenesBy Emperor of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
emperorRole ceremonial convocation of the Diet ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Japan ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1947 ⓘ
governs Government of Japan ⓘ
hasCommitteeType special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasComponentChamber House of Councillors of Japan ⓘ
House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
hasPower approve budget ⓘ
initiate constitutional amendments ⓘ
pass laws ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
ratify treaties ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Japanese ⓘ
legalFoundation Chapter IV of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
legalSystemContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
locatedIn Tokyo ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
meetsIn National Diet Building ⓘ
nativeName 国会 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Japanese ⓘ
officialName National Diet ⓘ
predecessor Imperial Diet of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
primeMinisterAccountableTo House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
publicSessions generally open to the public ⓘ
responsibility approval of the national budget ⓘ
designation of the Prime Minister ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the government ⓘ
ratification of treaties ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary session ⓘ
ordinary session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
supervises Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 4 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years ⓘ
upperHouse House of Councillors of Japan ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse parallel voting ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse mixed-member majoritarian ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seiko Noda → memberOf → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Noboru Takeshita → legislativeBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Hirofumi Nakasone → legislativeBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Yoshirō Mori → legislativeBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Peace Clause → debatedIn → Japanese Diet ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Japan
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency → criticizedBy → Japanese Diet investigation committees ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Japan
Iraq Reconstruction and Support Mission → authorizedBy → Japanese Diet ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Japan
Ichirō Hatoyama → associatedWith → Japanese Diet ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Japan
Tomiichi Murayama → legislativeBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Michio Watanabe → employer → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Yoshirō Mori → parliamentaryBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Tokyo 18th district → parliamentaryBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Suga Yoshihide → legislativeBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
First Kishida Cabinet → legislature → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Nobuo Kishi → legislativeBody → Diet of Japan ⓘ
Yoko Kamikawa → partOf → Japanese Diet ⓘ
linked to: Diet of Japan