Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan (国会, Kokkai) is the national bicameral legislature of Japan. The National Diet Building is in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.

The Diet building

It is made up of the House of Representatives (lower house) and the House of Councillors (upper house). The members of both houses of the Diet are directly elected. The Diet selects the Prime Minister.

History

The Diet was first convened as the Imperial Diet in 1889.

In 1947, the Diet took its current form.

Gallery

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  Joint session of the Diet of Japan
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  Buildings housing the Diet in 1905.

Related pages

• Bicameralism
• History of Japan
• National Diet Library
• Parliamentary system

Other websites

Media related to Diet of Japan at Wikimedia Commons

• National Diet Library website Archived 2002-10-18 at the Wayback Machine