Imperial Diet

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Imperial Diet was the bicameral national legislature of the Empire of Japan, functioning from the late 19th century until World War II as the central body for lawmaking and political deliberation under the emperor.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imperial Diet of Japan	6

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Diet ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese Diet Teikoku Gikai ⓘ
architecturalSymbol	National Diet Building ⓘ surface form: National Diet Building in Tokyo
constitutionalStatus	co-legislator with the Emperor ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolved	1947 ⓘ
endCause	postwar constitutional reforms under Allied occupation ⓘ
hasComponent	House of Peers ⓘ House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPower	to approve national budget ⓘ to pass laws ⓘ to question government ministers ⓘ
headOfState	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
historicalRole	central institution of constitutional monarchy in prewar Japan ⓘ
inception	1890 ⓘ
influencedBy	European parliamentary systems ⓘ Prussian constitutional model ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Meiji Constitution ⓘ
limitedBy	influence of the military ⓘ prerogatives of the Emperor ⓘ
location	Tokyo ⓘ
mainFunction	budget approval ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ political deliberation ⓘ
meetsIn	National Diet Building ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
periodOfActivity	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: Meiji period Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taishō period early Shōwa period ⓘ
precededBy	Imperial Council ⓘ
relatedTo	Japanese militarism ⓘ Meiji Restoration ⓘ World War II ⓘ
replacedBy	National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan
significantEvent	First Imperial Diet session in 1890 ⓘ debates over military budgets ⓘ passage of Peace Preservation Laws ⓘ
subordinateTo	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
succeededInRoleBy	bicameral National Diet under the 1947 Constitution ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse	limited male suffrage (initially) ⓘ universal male suffrage (after 1925) ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse	hereditary and appointed membership ⓘ