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[[File:Diet of Japan Kokkai 2009.jpg|thumb|right|[[National Diet Building|The Diet building]]]]

{{nihongo|'''Diet of Japan'''|国会|Kokkai}} is the national [[bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature of Japan. The [[National Diet Building]] is in [[Nagatachō, Tokyo|Nagatachō]], [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]].

It is made up of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] ([[lower house]]) and the [[House of Councillors]] ([[upper house]]).<ref name="nussbaum333">[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA333&dq= "History"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 333.</ref>  The members of both houses of the [[Diet (assembly)|Diet]] are directly elected. The Diet selects the [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]. 

==History==
The Diet was first convened as the Imperial Diet in 1889.<ref name="nussbaum333"/>

In 1947, the Diet took its current form.<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA333&dq= at p. 335].</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:The Diet.jpg|Joint session of the Diet of Japan
File:Japanese Houses of Parliament, 1905.jpg|Buildings housing the Diet in 1905.
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==Related pages==
* [[Bicameralism]]
* [[History of Japan]]
* [[National Diet Library]]
* [[Parliamentary system]]

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* [http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/diet.html National Diet Library website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021018164307/http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/data/diet.html |date=2002-10-18 }}


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