Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
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Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the term of office and related rules for members of the House of Councillors in Japan’s national legislature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan canonical | 2 |
| Article 46, Constitution of Japan | 1 |
| 日本国憲法第46条 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T262440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan Context triple: [House of Councillors, legalBasis, Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan]
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Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the term of office and related rules for members of the House of Councillors in Japan’s national legislature.
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Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that establishes the National Diet as Japan’s supreme legislative body, forming the basis for its bicameral structure including the House of Councillors.
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C.
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the composition and representative nature of Japan’s National Diet, including the House of Councillors.
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D.
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that establishes the National Diet as the highest organ of state power and the sole law-making authority in the country.
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E.
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the Emperor’s role in appointing the Prime Minister and other key state officials, thereby structuring the formal process of executive leadership selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan Target entity description: Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the term of office and related rules for members of the House of Councillors in Japan’s national legislature.
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A.
Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the term of office and related rules for members of the House of Councillors in Japan’s national legislature.
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B.
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that establishes the National Diet as Japan’s supreme legislative body, forming the basis for its bicameral structure including the House of Councillors.
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C.
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the composition and representative nature of Japan’s National Diet, including the House of Councillors.
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D.
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan is the provision that establishes the National Diet as the highest organ of state power and the sole law-making authority in the country.
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E.
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the Emperor’s role in appointing the Prime Minister and other key state officials, thereby structuring the formal process of executive leadership selection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constitutional provision ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
House of Councillors
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members of the House of Councillors ⓘ |
| appliesToBody |
House of Councillors
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surface form:
upper house of the National Diet
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| belongsToLegalField |
constitutional law
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parliamentary law ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
House of Councillors
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electoral authorities for House of Councillors elections ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceWith | Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| concerns |
House of Councillors elections
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National Diet ⓘ
surface form:
National Diet of Japan
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| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dateEffective | 1947-05-03 ⓘ |
| defines | term of office of members of the House of Councillors ⓘ |
| followedBy | Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| follows | Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| governs |
duration of councillors’ mandates
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length of service of councillors before re-election ⓘ staggering of terms in the House of Councillors ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | statutes regulating House of Councillors terms ⓘ |
| hasCitationForm |
Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
日本国憲法第46条
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| hasLegalEffectOn |
composition of the House of Councillors
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continuity of the House of Councillors ⓘ |
| hasSourceType | written law ⓘ |
| hierarchicalLevel | constitutional norm ⓘ |
| isCitedAs |
Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Article 46, Constitution of Japan
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| isCitedIn |
academic works on Japanese politics
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legal commentaries on the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| isNumbered | 46 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Japan ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Japanese constitutional law ⓘ |
| locatedInDocument | Chapter IV The Diet ⓘ |
| partOf | Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| precededBy | Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| regulates |
election cycle of the House of Councillors
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term of office of members of the House of Councillors ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan
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Article 44 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ Article 47 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ |
| replaced | corresponding provisions of the Meiji Constitution regarding the House of Peers ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
national legislature
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parliamentary term lengths ⓘ upper house of the National Diet ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw | supreme law provision ⓘ |
| usedIn |
constitutional litigation concerning Diet members’ terms
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interpretation of Japanese parliamentary law ⓘ |
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Subject: Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan Description of subject: Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that defines the term of office and related rules for members of the House of Councillors in Japan’s national legislature.
Referenced by (4)
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Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
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日本国憲法第46条
Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
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Article 46 of the Constitution of Japan
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Article 46, Constitution of Japan