Diet of Japan

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

It is made up of the House of Representatives (lower house) and the House of Councillors (upper house).Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "History" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 333.  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.Nussbaum, at p. 335.

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Related pages
 Bicameralism
 History of Japan
 National Diet Library
 Parliamentary system

References

Other websites

 National Diet Library website 

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