National Diet
National Diet of Japan 国会 Kokkai | |
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| 217th Session of the National Diet | |
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| Houses |
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| History | |
| Founded | 29 November 1890 (134 years, 294 days) |
| Leadership | |
President of the House of Councillors | Masakazu Sekiguchi, LDP since 11 November 2024 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives | Fukushiro Nukaga, LDP since 11 November 2024 |
Shigeru Ishiba, LDP since 1 October 2024 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats |
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House of Councillors political groups | Government (121)
Opposition (118)
Unaffiliated (9)
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House of Representatives political groups | Government (220)
Opposition (240) Unaffiliated (5)
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| Elections | |
| Parallel voting: Single non-transferable vote (147 seats) Party-list proportional representation (98 seats) Staggered elections | |
House of Representatives voting system | Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting (289 seats) Party-list proportional representation (176 seats) |
Last House of Councillors election | 20 July 2025 |
Last House of Representatives election | 27 October 2024 |
Next House of Councillors election | 2028 |
Next House of Representatives election | No later than 22 October 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
| National Diet Building, Nagatachō 1-7-1, Chiyoda District, Tokyo, Japan 35°40′33″N 139°44′42″E / 35.67583°N 139.74500°E | |
| Website | |
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The National Diet (国会, Kokkai; Japanese pronunciation: [kok̚.kai][1]) is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (衆議院, Shūgiin), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (参議院, Sangiin). Both houses are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally responsible for nominating the prime minister. The Diet was first established as the Imperial Diet in 1890 under the Meiji Constitution, and took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the post-war constitution. Both houses meet in the National Diet Building (国会議事堂, Kokkai-gijidō) in Nagatachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
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- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (May 24, 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.