The Diet

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The Diet is Japan’s bicameral national legislature, consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, responsible for making laws and selecting the Prime Minister.

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The Diet canonical 10
Chapter IV: The Diet 1
Diet resolution of 1971 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
budgetRight House of Representatives has priority on budget approval ⓘ
buildingStyle Art Deco ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state power ⓘ
sole law-making organ of the state ⓘ
constitutionArticle Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Japan ⓘ
hasCommitteeType special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasComponent House of Councillors ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle President of the House of Councillors ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
languageUsed Japanese ⓘ
legalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Japan ⓘ
locatedIn Tokyo ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Chiyoda, Tokyo ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives ⓘ
lowerHouseDissolution can be dissolved by the Prime Minister with cabinet approval and the Emperor’s formal act ⓘ
lowerHouseTermLength 4 years ⓘ
meetsAtAddress 1-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ⓘ
meetsIn National Diet Building ⓘ
nativeName 国会 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ja ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName National Diet ⓘ
otherFunction approval of the national budget ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratification of treaties ⓘ
oversightMechanism interpellations to the Prime Minister and ministers ⓘ
precededBy Imperial Diet ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
selection of the Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
primeMinisterDesignationPriority House of Representatives has priority in designating the Prime Minister ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary session ⓘ
ordinary session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
treatyApprovalPriority House of Representatives has priority on treaty approval ⓘ
upperHouse House of Councillors ⓘ
upperHouseDissolution cannot be dissolved ⓘ
upperHouseTermLength 6 years ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse parallel voting system ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse mixed electoral system ⓘ

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