The Diet

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Diet is Japan’s bicameral national legislature, consisting of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, responsible for making laws and selecting the Prime Minister.

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Label Occurrences
The Diet canonical 10
Chapter IV: The Diet 1
Diet resolution of 1971 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
budgetRight House of Representatives has priority on budget approval ⓘ
buildingStyle Art Deco ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state power ⓘ
sole law-making organ of the state ⓘ
constitutionArticle Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Japan ⓘ
hasCommitteeType special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasComponent House of Councillors ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle President of the House of Councillors ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
languageUsed Japanese ⓘ
legalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Japan ⓘ
locatedIn Tokyo ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Chiyoda, Tokyo
lowerHouse House of Representatives ⓘ
lowerHouseDissolution can be dissolved by the Prime Minister with cabinet approval and the Emperor’s formal act ⓘ
lowerHouseTermLength 4 years ⓘ
meetsAtAddress 1-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo ⓘ
meetsIn National Diet Building ⓘ
nativeName 国会 ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ja ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName National Diet ⓘ
otherFunction approval of the national budget ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratification of treaties ⓘ
oversightMechanism interpellations to the Prime Minister and ministers ⓘ
precededBy Imperial Diet ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
selection of the Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
primeMinisterDesignationPriority House of Representatives has priority in designating the Prime Minister ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary session ⓘ
ordinary session ⓘ
special session ⓘ
treatyApprovalPriority House of Representatives has priority on treaty approval ⓘ
upperHouse House of Councillors ⓘ
upperHouseDissolution cannot be dissolved ⓘ
upperHouseTermLength 6 years ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse parallel voting system ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse mixed electoral system ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Constitution of Japan → chapterSubject → The Diet ⓘ
Nihon-koku Kenpō → containsChapter → The Diet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chapter IV: The Diet
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterSubject → The Diet ⓘ
Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterTitle → The Diet ⓘ
Article 48 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterTitle → The Diet ⓘ
Article 50 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterSubject → The Diet ⓘ
Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterTitle → The Diet ⓘ
Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterSubject → The Diet ⓘ
Article 49 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterSubject → The Diet ⓘ
Three Non-Nuclear Principles of Japan → codifiedAs → The Diet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diet resolution of 1971
Article 60 of the Constitution of Japan → chapterTitle → The Diet ⓘ
Chapter IV of the Constitution of Japan → title → The Diet ⓘ