Article 57 of the Constitution of Japan

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Article 57 of the Constitution of Japan is the constitutional provision that regulates the procedures, openness, and internal rules of the National Diet’s sessions, including those of the House of Councillors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of Japan
constitutional provision
allows secret sessions under specified conditions
appliesTo House of Councillors
surface form: House of Councillors of Japan

House of Representatives of Japan
National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan
country Japan
ensures principle of open legislative sessions
public access to Diet proceedings records
foundationFor Diet rules of procedure
hasJurisdictionOver internal rules of each House of the Diet
language Japanese
legalStatus supreme law provision
partOf Constitution of Japan
promotes transparency of legislative process in Japan
regulates conditions for holding secret sessions
internal rules of the National Diet
openness of Diet sessions
procedures of the National Diet
publication of minutes of proceedings
publicity of Diet deliberations
recording of proceedings of each House
voting records of members
relatedTo Article 58 of the Constitution of Japan
Article 59 of the Constitution of Japan
requires each House to keep a record of proceedings
publication of proceedings records
recording of how each member voted
subjectOf Japanese constitutional law scholarship
parliamentary procedure in Japan

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House of Councillors legalBasis Article 57 of the Constitution of Japan