Sangiin

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Sangiin is the upper house of Japan’s national legislature, the National Diet.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
参議院 4
Sangiin canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament
upper house of legislature
cannotBeDissolved true
country Japan
electionCycle half of members elected every 3 years
establishedInYear 1947
establishedUnder Constitution of Japan
hasAbbreviation 参院
hasChamberColor red
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasConstitutionalRole part of the National Diet, the highest organ of state power
hasDeputyPresidingOfficerTitle Vice-President of the House of Councillors
surface form: Vice President of the House of Councillors
hasEnglishName House of Councillors
hasFunction deliberation of legislation
oversight of the executive branch
representation of prefectural and national interests
hasJapaneseName Sangiin self-linksurface differs
surface form: 参議院
hasLowerHouse Shūgiin
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.sangiin.go.jp/
hasPower approval of the national budget
approval of treaties
consent to appointment of the Prime Minister
participation in lawmaking
hasPresidingOfficerTitle President of the House of Councillors
isUpperHouseOf National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan
legislativeBodyFor Japan
locatedInCity Tokyo
locatedInDistrict Nagatachō district
surface form: Nagatachō
locatedInWard Chiyoda
lowerHouseEnglishName House of Representatives
meetsIn National Diet Building
memberEligibilityRequirement Japanese citizenship
minimumMemberAge 30
numberOfMembers 248
partOf National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan
replaced House of Peers
termLengthYears 6
usesLanguage Japanese
votingSystem mixed electoral system
open-list proportional representation
single non-transferable vote in multi-member districts

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

House of Councillors alsoKnownAs Sangiin
this entity surface form: 参議院
国会 hasPart Sangiin
this entity surface form: 参議院
Sangiin hasJapaneseName Sangiin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 参議院
Shūgiin hasHigherChamber Sangiin
貴族院 replacedBy Sangiin
this entity surface form: 参議院