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.

Aliases (2)

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 →
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 (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Article 42 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 43 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 49 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 50 of the Constitution of Japan → Constitution of Japan →	chapterSubject
Article 45 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 48 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 53 of the Constitution of Japan → Article 60 of the Constitution of Japan →	chapterTitle
Three Non-Nuclear Principles of Japan ("Diet resolution of 1971") →	codifiedAs
Nihon-koku Kenpō ("Chapter IV: The Diet") →	containsChapter