National Diet

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

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

Aliases (11)

National Diet of Japan ×70
Imperial Diet ×3
Japanese National Diet ×2
House of Representatives of Japan ×1
Imperial Japanese Diet ×1
National Diet of Japan as the highest organ of state power ×1
National Diet of Japan as the sole law-making organ of the State ×1
National Diet sessions ×1
convocation of the National Diet ×1
members of the National Diet ×1
日本国国会 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature → national legislature → parliament →
branchOf	legislative branch of Japan →
budgetApprovalRequiredFor	Government of Japan →
buildingStyle	Art Deco →
cannotBeDissolved	House of Councillors of Japan →
capital	Tokyo →
constitutionalStatus	highest organ of state power in Japan → sole law-making organ of the state →
country	Japan →
dissolutionAppliesTo	House of Representatives of Japan →
elects	Prime Minister of Japan →
foundedBy	Constitution of Japan →
hasJurisdiction	Japan →
hasPart	House of Councillors of Japan → House of Representatives of Japan →
inception	1947 →
languageUsed	Japanese →
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan →
legislativeBody	House of Councillors of Japan → House of Representatives of Japan →
location	Chiyoda, Tokyo →
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of Japan →
mainFunction	approval of the national budget → designation of the Prime Minister of Japan → lawmaking → oversight of the government → ratification of treaties →
meetingPlace	National Diet Building →
nativeName	国会 →
nativeNameLanguage	ja →
numberOfHouses	2 →
officialName	National Diet of Japan →
oversees	Cabinet of Japan →
precededBy	Imperial Diet →
replaced	Imperial Diet →
sessionType	extraordinary session → ordinary session → special session →
termLengthLowerHouse	4 years →
termLengthUpperHouse	6 years →
treatyApprovalRequiredFor	Government of Japan →
upperHouse	House of Councillors of Japan →
votingSystemLowerHouse	parallel voting →
votingSystemUpperHouse	open-list proportional representation → single non-transferable vote →

Referenced by (106)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
House of Councillors ("National Diet of Japan") → House of Councillors chamber ("National Diet of Japan") → House of Representatives (Japan) ("National Diet of Japan") → House of Representatives of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Nobutaka Machimura ("Japanese National Diet") → Sanae Takaichi ("National Diet of Japan") → Seiko Noda ("National Diet of Japan") → Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Takako Doi ("Japanese National Diet") → Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives (Japan) ("National Diet of Japan") → Vice-President of the House of Councillors ("National Diet of Japan") →	partOf
Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 49 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 50 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 51 of the Constitution of Japan ("members of the National Diet") → Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 57 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 60 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	appliesTo
Hiroshima 1st district ("National Diet of Japan") → Japan Democratic Party ("National Diet of Japan") → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ("National Diet of Japan") → Natsuo Yamaguchi ("National Diet of Japan") → President of the House of Councillors → Toshimitsu Motegi ("National Diet of Japan") →	legislativeBody
Cabinet of Japan → Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Minister of Transport of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Naikaku Sōri Daijin ("National Diet of Japan") → Prime Minister of Japan →	reportsTo
Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 67 of the Constitution of Japan →	bindingOn
Naikaku Sōri Daijin ("National Diet of Japan") → Prime Minister of Japan → Sōri Daijin ("National Diet of Japan") →	nominatedBy
National Diet ("National Diet of Japan") → The Diet → 国会 ("日本国国会") →	officialName
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") → Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	subject
Cabinet of Japan → Naikaku ("National Diet of Japan") →	appointmentOnAdviceOf
Cabinet of Japan → Ministers of State (Japan) ("National Diet of Japan") →	collectiveResponsibilityTo
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan as the highest organ of state power") → Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan as the sole law-making organ of the State") →	defines
Imperial Household Law ("National Diet of Japan") → Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem ("National Diet of Japan") →	enactedBy
Hirofumi Hirano ("National Diet of Japan") → Natsuo Yamaguchi ("National Diet of Japan") →	memberOf
Cabinet of Japan → Naikaku ("National Diet of Japan") →	responsibleTo
Chiyoda → Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	seatOf
The Cabinet →	accountableTo
Imperial Diet ("Imperial Japanese Diet") →	alsoKnownAs
President of the House of Councillors ("National Diet of Japan") →	appliesToJurisdiction
House of Representatives has priority on budget approval ("National Diet of Japan") →	appliesToLegislature
Three Non-Nuclear Principles of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	approvedBy
House of Representatives has priority in designating the Prime Minister ("National Diet of Japan") →	associatedWith
Act on National Holidays ("National Diet of Japan") →	authority
Government of Japan →	budgetApprovedBy
Government of Japan →	cabinetNominationBy
House of Councillors chamber ("National Diet of Japan") →	category
Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	concerns
Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	concernsInstitution
Constitution of Japan →	definesLegislature
Constitution of Japan ("House of Representatives of Japan") →	definesLowerHouse
Article 67 of the Constitution of Japan →	definesRelationshipBetween
Article 67 of the Constitution of Japan →	designatesElectingBody
Jimintō ("National Diet of Japan") →	dominantIn
Kenta Izumi ("National Diet of Japan") →	employer
Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	empowers
Article 56 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	enforcedBy
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	establishes
Nihon-koku Kenpō →	establishesInstitution
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	establishesStatusOf
Kanagawa 11th district ("National Diet of Japan") →	governmentalJurisdiction
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	governsInstitution
Judiciary of Japan →	hasCheckAndBalanceWith
Nikai faction ("National Diet of Japan") →	inLegislature
House of Representatives of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	isLowerHouseOf
Tokyo ("National Diet of Japan") →	isSeatOf
President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) ("National Diet of Japan") →	legislativeBodyInvolved
Government of Japan →	legislativeBranch
Government of Japan →	legislativePowerVestedIn
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	legislature
Government of Japan →	legislatureName
National Diet Building ("National Diet of Japan") →	occupant
Emperor of Japan ("National Diet sessions") →	opens
Naikaku ("National Diet of Japan") →	overseenBy
Meiji era ("Imperial Diet") →	parliament
Japanese Communist Party ("National Diet of Japan") →	participatesIn
National Diet ("Imperial Diet") →	precededBy
Article 52 of the Constitution of Japan ("convocation of the National Diet") →	regulates
Article 51 of the Constitution of Japan →	relatedTo
National Diet ("Imperial Diet") →	replaced
Imperial Diet ("National Diet of Japan") →	replacedBy
Japan Socialist Party ("National Diet of Japan") →	representedIn
Ministers of State (Japan) ("National Diet of Japan") →	requiresApprovalBy
Article 67 of the Constitution of Japan →	requiresElectionBy
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan ("National Diet of Japan") →	requiresPriorDecisionBy