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.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
National Diet of Japan	117
National Diet canonical	29
Imperial Diet	3
Japanese National Diet	3
日本国国会	2
House of Representatives of Japan	1
Imperial Japanese Diet	1
National Diet of Japan (through cabinet accountability)	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

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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
location	Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan
oversees	Cabinet of Japan ⓘ
precededBy	National Diet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Diet
replaced	National Diet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Diet
sessionType	extraordinary session ⓘ ordinary session ⓘ special session ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse	4 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse	6 years ⓘ
treatyApprovalRequiredFor	Government of Japan ⓘ
upperHouse	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
votingSystemLowerHouse	parallel voting ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse	open-list proportional representation ⓘ single non-transferable vote ⓘ

Referenced by (162)

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

Government of Japan → legislativeBranch → National Diet ⓘ

Government of Japan → legislatureName → National Diet ⓘ

Government of Japan → cabinetNominationBy → National Diet ⓘ

Government of Japan → legislativePowerVestedIn → National Diet ⓘ

Government of Japan → budgetApprovedBy → National Diet ⓘ

Judiciary of Japan → hasCheckAndBalanceWith → National Diet ⓘ

Constitution of Japan → definesLegislature → National Diet ⓘ

Constitution of Japan → definesLowerHouse → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Representatives of Japan

Emperor → opens → National Diet ⓘ

subject surface form: Emperor of Japan

this entity surface form: National Diet sessions

Meiji era → parliament → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Diet

Prime Minister of Japan → nominatedBy → National Diet ⓘ

Prime Minister of Japan → reportsTo → National Diet ⓘ

National Diet → officialName → National Diet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

National Diet → replaced → National Diet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Diet

National Diet → precededBy → National Diet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Diet

Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem → legislativeBody → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Law Regarding the National Flag and National Anthem → enactedBy → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Nihon-koku Kenpō → establishesInstitution → National Diet ⓘ

The Diet → officialName → National Diet ⓘ

Tokyo → isSeatOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

House of Councillors → partOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Cabinet of Japan → responsibleTo → National Diet ⓘ

Cabinet of Japan → appointmentOnAdviceOf → National Diet ⓘ

Cabinet of Japan → collectiveResponsibilityTo → National Diet ⓘ

Cabinet of Japan → reportsTo → National Diet ⓘ

国会 → officialName → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: 日本国国会

National Diet Building → occupant → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

The Cabinet → accountableTo → National Diet ⓘ

Jimintō → dominantIn → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

House of Representatives of Japan → partOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

House of Representatives of Japan → isLowerHouseOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

House of Representatives → partOf → National Diet ⓘ

subject surface form: House of Representatives (Japan)

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan → requiresPriorDecisionBy → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Naikaku Sōri Daijin → nominatedBy → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Naikaku Sōri Daijin → reportsTo → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) → legislativeBodyInvolved → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Imperial Household Law → enactedBy → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

President of the House of Councillors → appliesToJurisdiction → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

President of the House of Councillors → legislativeBody → National Diet ⓘ

House of Representatives has priority on budget approval → appliesToLegislature → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

House of Representatives has priority in designating the Prime Minister → associatedWith → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Toshimitsu Motegi (as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan) → legislativeBody → National Diet ⓘ

subject surface form: Toshimitsu Motegi

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Hiroshima 1st district → legislativeBody → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan → subject → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan → establishesStatusOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Nobutaka Machimura → partOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese National Diet

Sanae Takaichi → partOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Ministers of State → requiresApprovalBy → National Diet ⓘ

subject surface form: Ministers of State (Japan)

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Ministers of State → collectiveResponsibilityTo → National Diet ⓘ

subject surface form: Ministers of State (Japan)

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan

Vice-President of the House of Councillors → partOf → National Diet ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Diet of Japan