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 district
surface form: Nagatachō
buildingLocationWard Chiyoda, Tokyo
canBeDissolvedChamber House of Representatives of Japan
cannotBeDissolvedChamber House of Councillors
surface form: 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
surface form: 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
surface form: Imperial Diet of Japan
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
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
votingSystemLowerHouse parallel voting
votingSystemUpperHouse mixed-member majoritarian

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Seiko Noda memberOf Diet of Japan
Noboru Takeshita legislativeBody Diet of Japan
Hirofumi Nakasone legislativeBody Diet of Japan
Yoshirō Mori (as Prime Minister of Japan) legislativeBody Diet of Japan
subject surface form: Yoshirō Mori
Peace Clause debatedIn Diet of Japan
this entity surface form: Japanese Diet
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency criticizedBy Diet of Japan
this entity surface form: Japanese Diet investigation committees
Iraq Reconstruction and Support Mission authorizedBy Diet of Japan
this entity surface form: Japanese Diet
Ichirō Hatoyama associatedWith Diet of Japan
this entity surface form: Japanese Diet
Tomiichi Murayama legislativeBody Diet of Japan