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<span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86" title="برلمان اليابان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="برلمان اليابان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieta_de_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Dieta de Xapón – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Dieta de Xapón" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaponiya_Parlamenti" title="Yaponiya Parlamenti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yaponiya Parlamenti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE_(%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8)" title="জাতীয় আইনসভা (জাপান) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জাতীয় আইনসভা (জাপান)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96" title="Парламент Японіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Парламент Японіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieta_del_Jap%C3%B3" title="Dieta del Japó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dieta del Japó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonsk%C3%BD_parlament" title="Japonský parlament – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Japonský parlament" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieta_de_Jap%C3%B3n" title="Dieta de Japón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dieta de Japón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C" title="دایت ملی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دایت ملی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%A8te_du_Japon" title="Diète du Japon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Diète du Japon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8_%EA%B5%AD%ED%9A%8C" title="일본 국회 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일본 국회" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9F" title="राष्ट्रीय डायट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="राष्ट्रीय डायट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlemen_Jepang" title="Parlemen Jepang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Parlemen Jepang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieta_nazionale_del_Giappone" title="Dieta nazionale del Giappone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dieta nazionale del Giappone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%98_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%9F" title="הפרלמנט של יפן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הפרלמנט של יפן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="იაპონიის პარლამენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იაპონიის პარლამენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C3%A1n_orsz%C3%A1ggy%C5%B1l%C3%A9s" title="Japán országgyűlés – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Japán országgyűlés" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="იაპონიაშ პარლამენტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="იაპონიაშ პარლამენტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Jepun" title="Diet Jepun – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Diet Jepun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Японы парламент – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Японы парламент" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkai" title="Kokkai – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kokkai" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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lang="ja">国会</span></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="display:inline" class="nickname"><i>Kokkai</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">215th Session of the National Diet</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg/170px-Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg/255px-Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg/340px-Go-shichi_no_kiri_crest_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="231" data-file-height="154" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #112FA7; border-bottom: 2px solid #112FA7">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a><br />(upper house)</li><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a><br />(lower house)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #112FA7; border-bottom: 2px solid #112FA7">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_House_of_Councillors" title="President of the House of Councillors">President of the House of Councillors</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Masakazu_Sekiguchi" title="Masakazu Sekiguchi">Masakazu Sekiguchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> <br />since 11 November 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives (Japan)">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Fukushiro_Nukaga" title="Fukushiro Nukaga">Fukushiro Nukaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> <br />since 11 November 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Ishiba" title="Shigeru Ishiba">Shigeru Ishiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> <br />since 1 October 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #112FA7; border-bottom: 2px solid #112FA7">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>713</b></li><li>248 (<a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a>)</li><li><span class="nowrap">465 (<a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a>)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg/250px-Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg/375px-Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg/500px-Japan_House_of_Councillors_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a> political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Ishiba_Cabinet" title="Second Ishiba Cabinet">Government</a> (140)</b> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3CA324; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> (113)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F95580; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dmeit%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōmeitō">Kōmeitō</a> (27)</li></ul> <p><b>Opposition (92)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00469C; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan">CDP</a>-<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Social Democratic Party (Japan)">SDP</a> (42)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B8CE43; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ishin_no_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ishin no Kai">Ishin</a> (18)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFBA00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_For_the_People" title="Democratic Party For the People">DPFP-SR</a> (11)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DB001C; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party" title="Japanese Communist Party">JCP</a> (11)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ED008C; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Reiwa_Shinsengumi" title="Reiwa Shinsengumi">Reiwa</a> (5)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F8EA0D; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/The_Party_to_Protect_the_People_from_NHK_(Parliamentary_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Party to Protect the People from NHK (Parliamentary group)">NHK</a> (2)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#009140; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Social_Mass_Party" title="Okinawa Social Mass Party">Okinawa Social Mass Party</a> (2)</li></ul> <p><b>Unaffiliated (9)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EE7300; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sanseit%C5%8D" title="Sanseitō">Sanseitō</a> (1)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (8)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Vacant (8)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Vacant (8)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg/250px-Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg/375px-Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg/500px-Japan_House_of_Representatives_Political_Groups_-_November_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Ishiba_Cabinet" title="Second Ishiba Cabinet">Government</a> (221)</b> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3CA324; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> (197)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F95580; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Kōmeitō</a> (24)</li></ul> <p><b>Opposition (242)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00469C; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan">CDP</a> (149)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B8CE43; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Ishin_no_Kai" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Ishin no Kai">Ishin</a> (38)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFBA00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_For_the_People" title="Democratic Party For the People">DPFP</a> (28)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ED008C; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Reiwa_Shinsengumi" title="Reiwa Shinsengumi">Reiwa</a> (9)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DB001C; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Communist_Party" title="Japanese Communist Party">JCP</a> (8)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF6666; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABshi_no_Kai" title="Yūshi no Kai">Yūshi no Kai</a> (4)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EE7300; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sanseit%C5%8D" title="Sanseitō">Sanseitō</a> (3)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0b80db; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Japan" title="Conservative Party of Japan">CPJ</a> (3)</li></ul> <p><b>Unaffiliated (2)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (2)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #112FA7; border-bottom: 2px solid #112FA7">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parallel_voting" title="Parallel voting">Parallel voting</a>:<br /><a href="/wiki/Single_non-transferable_vote" title="Single non-transferable vote">Single non-transferable vote</a> (147 seats)<br /><a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">Party-list proportional representation</a> (98 seats)<br /><a href="/wiki/Staggered_elections" title="Staggered elections">Staggered elections</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parallel_voting" title="Parallel voting">Parallel voting</a>:<br /><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First-past-the-post voting</a> (289 seats)<br /><a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">Party-list proportional representation</a> (176 seats)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a> election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2022 Japanese House of Councillors election">10 July 2022</a> (26th)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Japanese_general_election" title="2024 Japanese general election">27 October 2024</a> (50th)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a> election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2025_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2025 Japanese House of Councillors election">Before 25 July 2025</a> (27th)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Next_Japanese_general_election" title="Next Japanese general election">No later than 22 October 2028</a> (51th)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #112FA7; border-bottom: 2px solid #112FA7">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg/220px-Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg/330px-Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg/440px-Diet_of_Japan_Kokkai_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2561" 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class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><div class="adr"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Japan" title="Politics of Japan">Politics of Japan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/125px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/188px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg/250px-Imperial_Seal_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="990" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Japan" title="Law of Japan">Laws</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution of Japan (1947–present)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution (1890–1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Japan" title="Law of Japan">Laws</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">The Monarchy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/68px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/90px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">The Emperor</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_Japan" title="List of emperors of Japan">List</a>)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Naruhito" title="Naruhito">Naruhito</a> </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Crown_Prince.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Throne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_Japanese_throne" title="Succession to the Japanese throne">Imperial Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Household_Agency" title="Imperial Household Agency">Imperial Household Agency</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg/30px-Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg/45px-Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="305" data-file-height="188" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Japan" title="List of prime ministers of Japan">List</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Ishiba" title="Shigeru Ishiba">Shigeru Ishiba</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_cabinets" title="List of Japanese cabinets">List</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Second_Ishiba_Cabinet" title="Second Ishiba Cabinet">Second Ishiba Cabinet</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a>–<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a> <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition</a>)<br /> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Japan" title="Ministries of Japan">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Administrative_Institution" title="Independent Administrative Institution">Administrative Agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: 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href="/wiki/File:Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg/50px-Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg/75px-Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg/100px-Jap%C3%B3n_C%C3%A1mara_de_Representantes_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives (Japan)">Speaker</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Fukushiro_Nukaga" title="Fukushiro Nukaga">Fukushiro Nukaga</a> </p> <ul><li><b>Vice Speaker</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dichir%C5%8D_Genba" title="Kōichirō Genba">Kōichirō Genba</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg/50px-Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg/75px-Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg/100px-Japan_House_of_Councillors_seat_composition_2022.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_House_of_Councillors" title="President of the House of Councillors">President</a> </b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Masakazu_Sekiguchi" title="Masakazu Sekiguchi">Masakazu Sekiguchi</a> </p> <ul><li><b>Vice President</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nagahama" title="Hiroyuki Nagahama">Hiroyuki Nagahama</a><br /> </p> <hr /></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Japan" title="Judicial system of Japan">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="Supreme Court of Japan">Supreme Court</a></b><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice of Japan">Chief Justice</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Saburo_Tokura" title="Saburo Tokura">Saburo Tokura</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan">Justices of the Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_Property_High_Court" title="Intellectual Property High Court">Intellectual Property High Court</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Japan" title="Bank of Japan">Bank of Japan</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><b>Governor</b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Kazuo_Ueda" title="Kazuo Ueda">Kazuo Ueda</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">Japanese yen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Japanese_yen" title="Banknotes of the Japanese yen">Banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen#Coins" title="Japanese yen">Coins</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Japan" title="Elections in Japan">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" title="List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan">List of districts of the House of Representatives of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_the_House_of_Councillors_of_Japan" title="List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan">List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_House_of_Councillors_national_proportional_representation_block" title="Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block">Japanese House of Councillors national proportional representation block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Japan" title="List of political parties in Japan">Political parties</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Japanese general elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1890_Japanese_general_election" title="1890 Japanese general election">1890</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1892_Japanese_general_election" title="1892 Japanese general election">1892</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/March_1894_Japanese_general_election" title="March 1894 Japanese general election">1894 (Mar)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/September_1894_Japanese_general_election" title="September 1894 Japanese general election">1894 (Sep)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/March_1898_Japanese_general_election" title="March 1898 Japanese general election">1898 (Mar)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/August_1898_Japanese_general_election" title="August 1898 Japanese general election">1898 (Aug)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1902_Japanese_general_election" title="1902 Japanese general election">1902</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1903_Japanese_general_election" title="1903 Japanese general election">1903</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1904_Japanese_general_election" title="1904 Japanese general election">1904</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1908_Japanese_general_election" title="1908 Japanese general election">1908</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1912_Japanese_general_election" title="1912 Japanese general election">1912</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1915_Japanese_general_election" title="1915 Japanese general election">1915</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1917_Japanese_general_election" title="1917 Japanese general election">1917</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Japanese_general_election" title="1920 Japanese general election">1920</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1924_Japanese_general_election" title="1924 Japanese general election">1924</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1928_Japanese_general_election" title="1928 Japanese general election">1928</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Japanese_general_election" title="1930 Japanese general election">1930</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1932_Japanese_general_election" title="1932 Japanese general election">1932</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Japanese_general_election" title="1936 Japanese general election">1936</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1937_Japanese_general_election" title="1937 Japanese general election">1937</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1942_Japanese_general_election" title="1942 Japanese general election">1942</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1946_Japanese_general_election" title="1946 Japanese general election">1946</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Japanese_general_election" title="1947 Japanese general election">1947</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1949_Japanese_general_election" title="1949 Japanese general election">1949</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Japanese_general_election" title="1952 Japanese general election">1952</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Japanese_general_election" title="1953 Japanese general election">1953</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1955_Japanese_general_election" title="1955 Japanese general election">1955</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1958_Japanese_general_election" title="1958 Japanese general election">1958</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Japanese_general_election" title="1960 Japanese general election">1960</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1963_Japanese_general_election" title="1963 Japanese general election">1963</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Japanese_general_election" title="1967 Japanese general election">1967</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1969_Japanese_general_election" title="1969 Japanese general election">1969</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1972_Japanese_general_election" title="1972 Japanese general election">1972</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Japanese_general_election" title="1976 Japanese general election">1976</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Japanese_general_election" title="1979 Japanese general election">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Japanese_general_election" title="1980 Japanese general election">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1983_Japanese_general_election" title="1983 Japanese general election">1983</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1986_Japanese_general_election" title="1986 Japanese general election">1986</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Japanese_general_election" title="1990 Japanese general election">1990</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Japanese_general_election" title="1993 Japanese general election">1993</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Japanese_general_election" title="1996 Japanese general election">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Japanese_general_election" title="2000 Japanese general election">2000</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Japanese_general_election" title="2003 Japanese general election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Japanese_general_election" title="2005 Japanese general election">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_election" title="2009 Japanese general election">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Japanese_general_election" title="2012 Japanese general election">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Japanese_general_election" title="2014 Japanese general election">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Japanese_general_election" title="2017 Japanese general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Japanese_general_election" title="2021 Japanese general election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Japanese_general_election" title="2024 Japanese general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Japanese House of Councillors elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1947 Japanese House of Councillors election">1947</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1950 Japanese House of Councillors election">1950</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1953 Japanese House of Councillors election">1953</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1956_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1956 Japanese House of Councillors election">1956</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1959 Japanese House of Councillors election">1959</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1962_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1962 Japanese House of Councillors election">1962</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1965_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1965 Japanese House of Councillors election">1965</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1968_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1968 Japanese House of Councillors election">1968</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1971_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1971 Japanese House of Councillors election">1971</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1974_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1974 Japanese House of Councillors election">1974</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1977_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1977 Japanese House of Councillors election">1977</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1980 Japanese House of Councillors election">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1983_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1983 Japanese House of Councillors election">1983</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1986_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1986 Japanese House of Councillors election">1986</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1989_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1989 Japanese House of Councillors election">1989</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1992_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1992 Japanese House of Councillors election">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1995_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1995 Japanese House of Councillors election">1995</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1998 Japanese House of Councillors election">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2001 Japanese House of Councillors election">2001</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2004_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2004 Japanese House of Councillors election">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2007 Japanese House of Councillors election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2010 Japanese House of Councillors election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2013 Japanese House of Councillors election">2013</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2016 Japanese House of Councillors election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2019 Japanese House of Councillors election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2022 Japanese House of Councillors election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2025_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2025 Japanese House of Councillors election"><i>2025</i></a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Unified local elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2007 Japanese unified local elections">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2011 Japanese unified local elections">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2015 Japanese unified local elections">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2019 Japanese unified local elections">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Japanese_unified_local_elections" title="2023 Japanese unified local elections">2023</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Japan" title="Administrative divisions of Japan">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefectures</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(Japan)" title="Governor (Japan)">Governors</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Japanese_governors" title="List of current Japanese governors">List</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subprefectures_of_Japan" title="Subprefectures of Japan">Subprefectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Japan" title="Municipalities of Japan">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wards_of_Japan" title="Wards of Japan">Submunicipalities</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Japan" title="Foreign relations of Japan">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Japan" title="Foreign policy of Japan">Foreign policy</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_Japanese_foreign_relations" title="History of Japanese foreign relations">history</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Japan" title="List of diplomatic missions of Japan">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Japan" title="List of diplomatic missions in Japan">in Japan</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_passport" title="Japanese passport">Japanese passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Japanese_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Japanese citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Japan" title="Visa policy of Japan">Visa policy</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Algeria–Japan relations">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angola%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Angola–Japan relations">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Djibouti–Japan relations">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Egypt–Japan relations">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Ethiopia–Japan relations">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Kenya_relations" title="Japan–Kenya relations">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Namibia_relations" title="Japan–Namibia relations">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Nigeria_relations" title="Japan–Nigeria relations">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Somalia_relations" title="Japan–Somalia relations">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93South_Africa_relations" title="Japan–South Africa relations">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Argentina–Japan relations">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Barbados–Japan relations">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Bolivia–Japan relations">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Brazil–Japan relations">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Canada–Japan relations">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Chile–Japan relations">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Colombia–Japan relations">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuador%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Ecuador–Japan relations">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Mexico_relations" title="Japan–Mexico relations">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Paraguay_relations" title="Japan–Paraguay relations">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Peru_relations" title="Japan–Peru relations">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Trinidad_and_Tobago_relations" title="Japan–Trinidad and Tobago relations">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Japan–United States relations">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Uruguay_relations" title="Japan–Uruguay relations">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations" title="Japan–Venezuela relations">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Afghanistan–Japan relations">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Armenia–Japan relations">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Japan relations">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Bahrain–Japan relations">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Bangladesh–Japan relations">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Bhutan–Japan relations">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunei%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Brunei–Japan relations">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Cambodia–Japan relations">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="China–Japan relations">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timor%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="East Timor–Japan relations">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Georgia–Japan relations">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="India–Japan relations">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Indonesia–Japan relations">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Iran–Japan relations">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Israel–Japan relations">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Laos_relations" title="Japan–Laos relations">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Malaysia_relations" title="Japan–Malaysia relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Maldives_relations" title="Japan–Maldives relations">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Mongolia_relations" title="Japan–Mongolia relations">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan-Myanmar_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan-Myanmar relations">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Nepal_relations" title="Japan–Nepal relations">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93North_Korea_relations" title="Japan–North Korea relations">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Japan–Pakistan relations">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" title="Japan–Palestine relations">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Philippines_relations" title="Japan–Philippines relations">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Qatar_relations" title="Japan–Qatar relations">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations" title="Japan–Saudi Arabia relations">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Singapore_relations" title="Japan–Singapore relations">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" title="Japan–South Korea relations">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Sri_Lanka_relations" title="Japan–Sri Lanka relations">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Taiwan_relations" title="Japan–Taiwan relations">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Thailand_relations" title="Japan–Thailand relations">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Japan–Turkey relations">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Vietnam_relations" title="Japan–Vietnam relations">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Albania–Japan relations">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Austria–Japan relations">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Belgium–Japan relations">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Croatia–Japan relations">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Czech Republic–Japan relations">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Denmark–Japan relations">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="France–Japan relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Germany–Japan relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Greece–Japan relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a 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It is composed of a lower house, called the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">衆議院</span></span>, <i>Shūgiin</i>), and an upper house, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">参議院</span></span>, <i>Sangiin</i>). Both houses are directly elected under a <a href="/wiki/Parallel_voting" title="Parallel voting">parallel voting system</a>. In addition to passing laws, the <a href="/wiki/Diet_(assembly)" title="Diet (assembly)">Diet</a> is formally responsible for nominating the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a>. The Diet was first established as the Imperial Diet in 1890 under the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution</a>, and took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">post-war constitution</a>. Both houses meet in the <a href="/wiki/National_Diet_Building" title="National Diet Building">National Diet Building</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">国会議事堂</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kokkai-gijidō</i></span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Nagatach%C5%8D" title="Nagatachō">Nagatachō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a more comprehensive list, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Diet_of_Japan" title="List of members of the Diet of Japan">List of members of the Diet of Japan</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Japan" title="Elections in Japan">Elections in Japan</a></div> <p>The houses of the National Diet are both elected under <a href="/wiki/Parallel_voting" title="Parallel voting">parallel voting</a> systems. This means that the seats to be filled in any given election are divided into two groups, each elected by a different method; the main difference between the houses is in the sizes of the two groups and how they are elected. Voters are also asked to cast two votes: one for an individual candidate in a constituency, and one for a party list. Any national of Japan at least 18 years of age may vote in these elections, reduced from age 20 in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan's <a href="/wiki/Parallel_voting" title="Parallel voting">parallel voting</a> system (<a href="/wiki/Mixed-member_majoritarian_representation" title="Mixed-member majoritarian representation">mixed-member majoritarian</a>) is not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">mixed-member proportional</a> systems used in many other nations. The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution of Japan</a> does not specify the number of members of each house of the Diet, the voting system, or the necessary qualifications of those who may vote or be returned in <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Japan" title="Elections in Japan">parliamentary elections</a>, thus allowing all of these things to be determined by law. However it does guarantee universal adult suffrage and a secret ballot. It also insists that the electoral law must not discriminate in terms of "race, creed, sex, social status, family origin, education, property or income".<sup id="cite_ref-const_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Generally, the election of Diet members is controlled by statutes passed by the Diet. This is a source of contention concerning re-apportionment of prefectures' seats in response to changes of population distribution. For example, the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic Party</a> had controlled Japan for most of its <a href="/wiki/Post-war_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-war Japan">post-war</a> history, and it gained much of its support from rural areas. During the post-war era, large numbers of people were relocating to the urban centers in the seeking of wealth; though some re-apportionments have been made to the number of each prefecture's assigned seats in the Diet, rural areas generally have more representation than do urban areas.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="Supreme Court of Japan">Supreme Court of Japan</a> began exercising <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> of apportionment laws following the <i>Kurokawa</i> decision of 1976, invalidating an election in which one district in <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo Prefecture</a> received five times the representation of another district in <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka Prefecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In recent elections the malapportionment ratio amounted to 4.8 in the House of Councillors (census 2005: Ōsaka/Tottori;<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> election 2007: Kanagawa/Tottori<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and 2.3 in the House of Representatives (election 2009: Chiba 4/Kōchi 3).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candidates for the lower house must be 25 years old or older and 30 years or older for the upper house. All candidates must be Japanese nationals. Under Article 49 of Japan's Constitution, Diet members are paid about ¥1.3 million a month in salary. Each lawmaker is entitled to employ three secretaries with taxpayer funds, free <a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> tickets, and four round-trip airplane tickets a month to enable them to travel back and forth to their home districts.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers">Powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article 41 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution</a> describes the National Diet as "the highest organ of State power" and "the sole law-making organ of the State". This statement is in forceful contrast to the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution</a>, which described the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a> as the one who exercised legislative power with the consent of the Diet. The Diet's responsibilities include not only the making of laws but also the approval of the annual national budget that the government submits and the ratification of treaties. It can also initiate draft constitutional amendments, which, if approved, must be presented to the people in a referendum. The Diet may conduct "investigations in relation to government" (Article 62). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a> must be designated by Diet resolution, establishing the principle of legislative supremacy over executive government agencies (Article 67). The government can also be dissolved by the Diet if the House of Representatives passes a motion of no confidence introduced by fifty members of the House of Representatives. Government officials, including the Prime Minister and <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet members</a>, are required to appear before Diet investigative committees and answer inquiries. The Diet also has the power to impeach judges convicted of criminal or irregular conduct.<sup id="cite_ref-const_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In most circumstances, in order to become law a bill must be first passed by both houses of the Diet and then promulgated by the <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a>. This role of the Emperor is similar to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Assent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Assent">Royal Assent</a> in some other nations; however, the Emperor cannot refuse to promulgate a law and therefore his legislative role is merely a formality.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The House of Representatives is the more powerful chamber of the Diet.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the House of Representatives cannot usually overrule the House of Councillors on a bill, the House of Councillors can only delay the adoption of a budget or a treaty that has been approved by the House of Representatives, and the House of Councillors has almost no power at all to prevent the lower house from selecting any Prime Minister it wishes. Furthermore, once appointed it is the confidence of the House of Representatives alone that the Prime Minister must enjoy in order to continue in office. The House of Representatives can overrule the upper house in the following circumstances:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>If a bill is adopted by the House of Representatives and then either rejected, amended or not approved within 60 days by the House of Councillors, then the bill will become law if again adopted by the House of Representatives by a majority of at least two-thirds of members present.<sup id="cite_ref-disagree_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disagree-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>If both houses cannot agree on a budget or a treaty, even through the appointment of a joint committee of the Diet, or if the House of Councillors fails to take final action on a proposed budget or treaty within 30 days of its approval by the House of Representatives, then the decision of the lower house is deemed to be that of the Diet.<sup id="cite_ref-disagree_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disagree-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>If both houses cannot agree on a candidate for Prime Minister, even through a joint committee, or if the House of Councillors fails to designate a candidate within 10 days of House of Representatives' decision, then the nominee of the lower house is deemed to be that of the Diet.</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed" style="text-align: center;"> <li class="gallerycaption">National Diet Building Interior</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 173.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="House of Representatives"><img alt="House of Representatives" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg/260px-Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg" decoding="async" width="174" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg/391px-Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg/520px-Chamber_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_Japan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">House of Representatives</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 180.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 178.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_diet_inside.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="House of Councillors"><img alt="House of Councillors" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Japanese_diet_inside.jpg/268px-Japanese_diet_inside.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Japanese_diet_inside.jpg/403px-Japanese_diet_inside.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Japanese_diet_inside.jpg/536px-Japanese_diet_inside.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1508" data-file-height="1097" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">House of Councillors</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 178px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 176px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The waiting room adjacent to the Cabinet Room at the National Diet Building"><img alt="The waiting room adjacent to the Cabinet Room at the National Diet Building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg/264px-The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="176" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg/397px-The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg/528px-The_minister_room_at_the_National_Diet_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1846" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The waiting room adjacent to the Cabinet Room at the National Diet Building</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the Constitution, at least one session of the Diet must be convened each year. Technically, only the House of Representatives is <i>dissolved</i> before an election. But, while the lower house is in dissolution, the House of Councillors is usually "closed". The Emperor both convokes the Diet and dissolves the House of Representatives but in doing so must act on the <i>advice</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet</a>. In an emergency the Cabinet can convoke the Diet for an extraordinary session, and an extraordinary session may be requested by one-quarter of the members of either house.<sup id="cite_ref-session_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-session-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of each parliamentary session, the <a href="/wiki/Speech_from_the_Throne" class="mw-redirect" title="Speech from the Throne">Emperor reads a special speech</a> from his throne in the chamber of the House of Councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The presence of one-third of the membership of either house constitutes a <a href="/wiki/Quorum" title="Quorum">quorum</a><sup id="cite_ref-session_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-session-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and deliberations are in public unless at least two-thirds of those present agree otherwise. Each house elects its own presiding officer who casts the deciding vote in the event of a tie. The Diet has <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_immunity" title="Parliamentary immunity">parliamentary immunity</a>. Members of each house have certain protections against arrest while the Diet is in session and arrested members must be released during the term of the session if the House demands. They are immune outside the house for words spoken and votes cast in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each house of the Diet determines its own standing orders and has responsibility for disciplining its own members. A member may be expelled, but only by a two-thirds majority vote. Every member of the Cabinet has the right to appear in either house of the Diet for the purpose of speaking on bills, and each house has the right to compel the appearance of Cabinet members.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_process">Legislative process</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legislative process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vast majority of bills are submitted to the Diet by the Cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bills are usually drafted by the relevant ministry, sometimes with the advice of an external committee if the issue is sufficiently important or neutrality is necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such advisory committees may include university professors, trade union representatives, industry representatives, and local governors and mayors, and invariably include retired officials.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such draft bills would be sent to the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Legislation_Bureau" title="Cabinet Legislation Bureau">Cabinet Legislation Bureau</a> of the government, as well as to the ruling party.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Building">Building</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Diet_Building" title="National Diet Building">National Diet Building</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Political_funding_in_Japan" title="Political funding in Japan">Political funding in Japan</a></div> <p>Japan's first modern legislature was the <b>Imperial Diet</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">帝国議会</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Teikoku-gikai</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> established by the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Meiji Constitution</a> in force from 1889 to 1947. The Meiji Constitution was adopted on February 11, 1889, and the Imperial Diet first met on November 29, 1890, when the document entered into force.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Imperial Diet of 1890 was plagued by controversy and political tensions. The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister of Japan</a> at that time was <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Count" title="Count">Count</a> <a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo" title="Yamagata Aritomo">Yamagata Aritomo</a>, who entered into a confrontation with the legislative body over military funding. During this time, there were many critics of the army who derided the Meiji slogan of "rich country, strong military" as in effect producing a poor country (albeit with a strong military). They advocated for infrastructure projects and lower taxes instead and felt their interests were not being served by high levels of military spending. As a result of these early conflicts, public opinion of politicians was not favorable.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Imperial Diet consisted of a House of Representatives and a <b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Peers_(Japan)" title="House of Peers (Japan)">House of Peers</a></b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">貴族院</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kizoku-in</i></span>)</span>. The House of Representatives was directly elected, if on a limited franchise; universal adult male suffrage was introduced in 1925 when the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Manhood_Suffrage_Law" title="Universal Manhood Suffrage Law">Universal Manhood Suffrage Law</a> was passed, but excluded women, and was limited to men 25 years or older.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House of Peers, much like the British <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>, consisted of high-ranking nobles chosen by the Emperor.<sup id="cite_ref-history_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first election by <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">universal suffrage</a> without distinction of sex was held in 1946, but it was not until 1947, when the <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitution</a> for <a href="/wiki/Post-occupation_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Post-occupation Japan">post-war Japan</a> came into effect, that universal suffrage was established In Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word <i><a href="/wiki/Diet_(assembly)" title="Diet (assembly)">diet</a></i> derives from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> and was a common name for an assembly in medieval European polities like the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. The Meiji Constitution was largely based on the form of constitutional monarchy found in nineteenth century <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> that placed the king not as a servant of the state but rather the sole holder of power and sovereignty over his kingdom, which the Japanese view of their emperor and his role at the time favoured.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new Diet was modeled partly on the German <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(German_Empire)" title="Reichstag (German Empire)">Reichstag</a> and partly on the British <a href="/wiki/Westminster_system" title="Westminster system">Westminster system</a>. Unlike the post-war constitution, the Meiji constitution granted a real political role to the Emperor, although in practice the Emperor's powers were largely directed by a group of oligarchs called the <i><a href="/wiki/Genr%C5%8D" title="Genrō">genrō</a></i> or elder statesmen.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To become law or bill, a constitutional amendment had to have the assent of both the Diet and the Emperor. This meant that while the Emperor could no longer legislate by decree he still had a veto over the Diet. The Emperor also had complete freedom in choosing the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, and so, under the Meiji Constitution, Prime Ministers often were not chosen from and did not enjoy the confidence of the Diet.<sup id="cite_ref-history_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Imperial Diet was also limited in its control over the budget. However, the Diet could veto the annual budget. If no budget was approved, the budget of the previous year continued in force. This changed with the new constitution after World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The proportional representation system for the House of Councillors, introduced in 1982, was the first major electoral reform under the post-war constitution. Instead of choosing national constituency candidates as individuals, as had previously been the case, voters cast ballots for parties. Individual councillors, listed officially by the parties before the election, are selected on the basis of the parties' proportions of the total national constituency vote.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system was introduced to reduce the excessive money spent by candidates for the national constituencies. Critics charged, however, that this new system benefited the two largest parties, the LDP and the Japan Socialist Party (now <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Social Democratic Party (Japan)">Social Democratic Party</a>), which in fact had sponsored the reform.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed" style="text-align:center;"> <li class="gallerycaption">National Diet buildings</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 208px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 206px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The First Japanese Diet Hall (1890–91)"><img alt="The First Japanese Diet Hall (1890–91)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg/309px-The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg" decoding="async" width="206" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg/465px-The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg/619px-The_First_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1890-91.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="757" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The First Japanese Diet Hall (1890–91)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 221.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 219.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Diet_Hiroshima_Temporary_Building_(external_view).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Diet Hiroshima Temporary Building (1894)"><img alt="National Diet Hiroshima Temporary Building (1894)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/National_Diet_Hiroshima_Temporary_Building_%28external_view%29.jpg/329px-National_Diet_Hiroshima_Temporary_Building_%28external_view%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/National_Diet_Hiroshima_Temporary_Building_%28external_view%29.jpg/494px-National_Diet_Hiroshima_Temporary_Building_%28external_view%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/National_Diet_Hiroshima_Temporary_Building_%28external_view%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="356" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">National Diet Hiroshima Temporary Building (1894)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 192.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Second Japanese Diet Hall (1891–1925)"><img alt="The Second Japanese Diet Hall (1891–1925)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg/286px-The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg" decoding="async" width="191" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg/429px-The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg/571px-The_Second_Japnese_Diet_Hall_1891-1925.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="410" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Second Japanese Diet Hall (1891–1925)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 118.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 116.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Diet Building (1930)"><img alt="National Diet Building (1930)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg/175px-National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg" decoding="async" width="117" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg/263px-National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg/350px-National_Diet_in_1930s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="947" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">National Diet Building (1930)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 173.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Diet Building (2017)"><img alt="National Diet Building (2017)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg/260px-National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg" decoding="async" width="174" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg/391px-National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg/520px-National_Diet_Building_P5030133.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">National Diet Building (2017)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_sessions">List of sessions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of sessions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20101129gikai1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/20101129gikai1.jpg/220px-20101129gikai1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/20101129gikai1.jpg/330px-20101129gikai1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/20101129gikai1.jpg/440px-20101129gikai1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a> <a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito">Akihito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Empress_Michiko" title="Empress Michiko">Empress Michiko</a> seated in the Chamber of the House of Councillors of the National Diet, with members of the imperial family, the cabinet, and <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a> giving the government's speech in front of the assembled members of parliament (2010)</figcaption></figure> <p>There are three types of sessions of the National Diet:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>R – <i>jōkai</i> (常会), regular, annual sessions of the National Diet, often shortened to "regular National Diet" (通常国会, <i>tsūjō Kokkai</i>). These are nowadays usually called in January, they last for 150 days and can be extended once.</li> <li>E – <i>rinjikai</i> (臨時会), extraordinary sessions of the National Diet, often shortened to "extraordinary National Diet" (臨時国会, <i>rinji Kokkai</i>). These are often called in autumn, or in the summer after a regular election of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a> (参議院議員通常選挙, <i>sangiingiin tsūjōsenkyo</i>) or after a full-term general election of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a> (衆議院議員総選挙, <i>shūgiingiin sōsenkyo</i>). Its length is negotiated between the two houses, it can be extended twice.</li> <li>S – <i>tokubetsukai</i> (特別会), special sessions of the National Diet, often shortened to "special National Diet" (特別国会, <i>tokubetsu Kokkai</i>). They are called only after a dissolution and early general election of the House of Representatives. Because the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">cabinet</a> must resign after a House of Representatives election, the National Diet always chooses a prime minister-designate in a special session (but inversely, not all PM elections take place in a special Diet). A special session can be extended twice.</li> <li>HCES – There is a fourth type of legislative session: If the House of Representatives is dissolved, a National Diet cannot be convened. In urgent cases, the cabinet may invoke an emergency session (緊急集会, <i>kinkyū shūkai</i>) of the House of Councillors to take provisional decisions for the whole Diet. As soon as the whole National Diet convenes again, these decisions must be confirmed by the House of Representatives or become ineffective. Such emergency sessions have been called twice in history, in 1952 and 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Any session of the National Diet may be cut short by a dissolution of the House of Representatives (衆議院解散, <i>shūgiin kaisan</i>). In the table, this is listed simply as "(dissolution)"; the House of Councillors or the National Diet as such cannot be dissolved. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <caption>List of National Diet sessions<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number">Diet</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Opened</th> <th>Closed</th> <th data-sort-type="number">Length in days<br /><small>(originally scheduled+extension[s])</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1st</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001947-05-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 20, 1947</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001947-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 1947</span></td> <td>204 (50+154) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001947-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1947</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-07-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 5, 1948</span></td> <td>209 (150+59) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-10-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 11, 1948</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-11-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 30, 1948</span></td> <td>51 (30+21) </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 1, 1948</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001948-12-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 23, 1948</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>23 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>5th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-02-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 11, 1949</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-05-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 31, 1949</span></td> <td>110 (70+40) </td></tr> <tr> <td>6th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-10-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 25, 1949</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-12-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 3, 1949</span></td> <td>40 (30+10) </td></tr> <tr> <td>7th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001949-12-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 4, 1949</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-05-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 2, 1950</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-07-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 21, 1950</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-07-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 31, 1950</span></td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-11-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 21, 1950</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 1950</span></td> <td>19 (18+1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>10th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001950-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1950</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-06-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 5, 1951</span></td> <td>178 (150+28) </td></tr> <tr> <td>11th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-08-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 16, 1951</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-08-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 18, 1951</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-10-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 10, 1951</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-11-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 30, 1951</span></td> <td>52 (40+12) </td></tr> <tr> <td>13th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001951-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1951</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001952-07-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 31, 1952</span></td> <td>225 (150+85) </td></tr> <tr> <td>14th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC14%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第14回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001952-08-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 26, 1952</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001952-08-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 28, 1952</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>3 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>[HCES]</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001952-08-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 31, 1952</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001952-08-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 31, 1952</span></td> <td>[1] </td></tr> <tr> <td>15th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC15%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第15回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001952-10-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 24, 1952</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-03-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 14, 1953</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>142 (60+99) </td></tr> <tr> <td>–</td> <td>[HCES]</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-03-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 18, 1953</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-03-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 20, 1953</span></td> <td>[3] </td></tr> <tr> <td>16th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-05-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 18, 1953</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-08-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 10, 1953</span></td> <td>85 (75+10) </td></tr> <tr> <td>17th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-10-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 29, 1953</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-11-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 7, 1953</span></td> <td>10 (7+3) </td></tr> <tr> <td>18th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-11-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 30, 1953</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-12-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 8, 1953</span></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001953-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1953</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-06-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 15, 1957</span></td> <td>188 (150+38) </td></tr> <tr> <td>20th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001954-11-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 30, 1954</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001954-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 1954</span></td> <td>10 (9+1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>21st</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001954-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1954</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001955-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 1955</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>46 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>22nd</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001955-03-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March 18, 1955</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001955-07-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 30, 1955</span></td> <td>135 (105+30) </td></tr> <tr> <td>23rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001955-11-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 22, 1955</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001955-12-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 16, 1955</span></td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001955-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1955</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-06-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 3, 1956</span></td> <td>167 (150+17) </td></tr> <tr> <td>25th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-11-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 12, 1956</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-12-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 13, 1956</span></td> <td>32 (25+7) </td></tr> <tr> <td>26th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001956-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1956</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-05-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 19, 1957</span></td> <td>151 (150+1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>27th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 1, 1957</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-11-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 14, 1957</span></td> <td>14 (12+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>28th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001957-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1957</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001958-04-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April 25, 1958</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>127 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>29th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001958-06-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 10, 1958</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001958-07-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 8, 1958</span></td> <td>29 (25+4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>30th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001958-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1958</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001958-12-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 7, 1958</span></td> <td>70 (40+30) </td></tr> <tr> <td>31st</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001958-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1958</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-05-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 2, 1959</span></td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-06-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 22, 1959</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-07-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 3, 1959</span></td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-10-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 26, 1959</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1959</span></td> <td>63 (60+13) </td></tr> <tr> <td>34th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001959-12-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 29, 1959</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-07-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 15, 1960</span></td> <td>200 (150+50) </td></tr> <tr> <td>35th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-07-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 18, 1960</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-07-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 22, 1960</span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-10-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 17, 1960</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-10-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 24, 1960</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>8 (10) </td></tr> <tr> <td>37th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-12-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 5, 1960</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-12-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 22, 1960</span></td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001960-12-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 26, 1960</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-06-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 8, 1961</span></td> <td>165 (150+15) </td></tr> <tr> <td>39th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-09-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 25, 1961</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-10-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 31, 1961</span></td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001961-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 1961</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001962-05-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 7, 1962</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41st</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001962-08-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 4, 1962</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001962-09-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 2, 1962</span></td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001962-12-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 8, 1962</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001962-12-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 23, 1962</span></td> <td>16 (12+4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>43rd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001962-12-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 24, 1962</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-07-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 6, 1963</span></td> <td>195 (150+45) </td></tr> <tr> <td>44th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-10-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 15, 1963</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-10-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 23, 1963</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>9 (30) </td></tr> <tr> <td>45th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-12-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 4, 1963</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 1963</span></td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td>46th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001963-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1963</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001964-06-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 26, 1964</span></td> <td>190 (150+40) </td></tr> <tr> <td>47th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001964-11-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 9, 1964</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001964-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 1964</span></td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>48th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001964-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 1964</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001965-06-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 1, 1965</span></td> <td>163 (150+13) </td></tr> <tr> <td>49th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001965-07-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 22, 1965</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001965-08-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 11, 1965</span></td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>50th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001965-10-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 5, 1965</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001965-12-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 13, 1965</span></td> <td>70 </td></tr> <tr> <td>51st</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001965-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1965</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-06-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 27, 1966</span></td> <td>190 (150+40) </td></tr> <tr> <td>52nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-07-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 11, 1966</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-07-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 30, 1966</span></td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>53rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-11-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 30, 1966</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-12-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 20, 1966</span></td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>54th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC54%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第54回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1966</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001966-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1966</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>1 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>55th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-02-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 15, 1967</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-07-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 21, 1967</span></td> <td>157 (136+21) </td></tr> <tr> <td>56th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-07-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 27, 1967</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-08-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 18, 1967</span></td> <td>23 (15+8) </td></tr> <tr> <td>57th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-12-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 4, 1967</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-12-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 23, 1967</span></td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>58th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001967-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1967</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-06-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 3, 1968</span></td> <td>160 (150+10) </td></tr> <tr> <td>59th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 1, 1968</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-08-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 10, 1968</span></td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>60th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1968</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 1968</span></td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>61st</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001968-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1968</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-08-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 5, 1969</span></td> <td>222 (150+72) </td></tr> <tr> <td>62nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-11-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 29, 1969</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001969-12-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 2, 1969</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>4 (14) </td></tr> <tr> <td>63rd</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001970-01-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 14, 1970</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001970-05-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 13, 1970</span></td> <td>120 </td></tr> <tr> <td>64th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC64%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第64回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001970-11-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 24, 1970</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001970-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 1970</span></td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>65th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001970-12-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 26, 1970</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-05-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 24, 1971</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>66th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-07-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 14, 1971</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-07-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 24, 1971</span></td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>67th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-10-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 16, 1971</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1971</span></td> <td>73 (70+3) </td></tr> <tr> <td>68th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001971-12-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 29, 1971</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-06-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 16, 1972</span></td> <td>171 (150+21) </td></tr> <tr> <td>69th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-07-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 6, 1972</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-07-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 12, 1972</span></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>70th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-10-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 27, 1972</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-11-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 13, 1972</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>18 (21) </td></tr> <tr> <td>71st <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC71%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第71回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001972-12-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 22, 1972</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 27, 1973</span></td> <td>280 (150+130) </td></tr> <tr> <td>72nd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001973-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 1, 1973</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001974-06-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 3, 1974</span></td> <td>185 (150+35) </td></tr> <tr> <td>73rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001974-07-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 24, 1974</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001974-07-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 31, 1974</span></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>74th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001974-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 1974</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001974-12-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 25, 1974</span></td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>75th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001974-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1974</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-07-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 4, 1975</span></td> <td>190 (150+40) </td></tr> <tr> <td>76th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-09-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 11, 1975</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-12-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 25, 1975</span></td> <td>106 (75+31) </td></tr> <tr> <td>77th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001975-12-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 27, 1975</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-05-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 24, 1976</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>78th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-09-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 16, 1976</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-11-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 4, 1976</span></td> <td>50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>79th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-12-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 24, 1976</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-12-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 28, 1976</span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>80th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001976-12-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 30, 1976</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-06-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 9, 1977</span></td> <td>162 (150+12) </td></tr> <tr> <td>81st</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-07-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 27, 1977</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-08-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 3, 1977</span></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>82nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1977</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-11-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 25, 1977</span></td> <td>58 (40+18) </td></tr> <tr> <td>83rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-12-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 7, 1977</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1977</span></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>84th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001977-12-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 19, 1977</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-06-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 16, 1978</span></td> <td>180 (150+30) </td></tr> <tr> <td>85th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-09-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 18, 1978</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-10-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 21, 1978</span></td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>86th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-12-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 6, 1978</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-12-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 12, 1978</span></td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>87th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001978-12-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 22, 1978</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-06-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 14, 1979</span></td> <td>175 (150+25) </td></tr> <tr> <td>88th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-08-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 30, 1979</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-09-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 7, 1979</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>9 (30) </td></tr> <tr> <td>89th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-10-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 30, 1979</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-11-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 16, 1979</span></td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>90th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-11-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 26, 1979</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-12-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 11, 1979</span></td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>91st</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001979-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 1979</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-05-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 19, 1980</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>151 (150+9) </td></tr> <tr> <td>92nd</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-07-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 17, 1980</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-07-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 26, 1980</span></td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>93rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1980</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-11-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 29, 1980</span></td> <td>62 (50+12) </td></tr> <tr> <td>94th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001980-12-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 22, 1980</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-06-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 6, 1981</span></td> <td>167 (150+17) </td></tr> <tr> <td>95th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 27, 1981</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-11-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 28, 1981</span></td> <td>66 (55+11) </td></tr> <tr> <td>96th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC96%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第96回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001981-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 1981</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-08-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 21, 1982</span></td> <td>244 (150+94) </td></tr> <tr> <td>97th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-11-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 26, 1982</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-12-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 25, 1982</span></td> <td>30 (25+5) </td></tr> <tr> <td>98th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001982-12-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 28, 1982</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001983-05-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 26, 1983</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>99th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001983-07-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 18, 1983</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001983-07-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 23, 1983</span></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>100th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001983-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 8, 1983</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001983-11-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 28, 1983</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>82 (70+12) </td></tr> <tr> <td>101st</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001983-12-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 26, 1983</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001984-08-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 8, 1984</span></td> <td>227 (150+77) </td></tr> <tr> <td>102nd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001984-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 1, 1984</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001985-06-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 25, 1985</span></td> <td>207 (150+57) </td></tr> <tr> <td>103rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001985-10-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 14, 1985</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001985-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 1985</span></td> <td>69 (62+7) </td></tr> <tr> <td>104th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001985-12-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 24, 1985</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-05-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 22, 1986</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>105th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC105%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第105回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-06-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 2, 1986</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-06-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 2, 1986</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>106th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-07-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 22, 1986</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-07-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 25, 1986</span></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>107th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-09-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 11, 1986</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-07-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 25, 1986</span></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>108th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001986-12-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 29, 1986</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-05-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 27, 1987</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>109th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-07-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 6, 1987</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-09-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 19, 1987</span></td> <td>76 (65+11) </td></tr> <tr> <td>110th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-11-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 6, 1987</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-11-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 11, 1987</span></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>111th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-11-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 27, 1987</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-12-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 12, 1987</span></td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>112th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001987-12-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 28, 1987</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001988-05-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 25, 1988</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>113th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001988-07-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 19, 1988</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001988-12-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 28, 1988</span></td> <td>163 (70+93) </td></tr> <tr> <td>114th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001988-12-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 30, 1988</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-06-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 22, 1989</span></td> <td>175 (150+25) </td></tr> <tr> <td>115th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-08-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 7, 1989</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-08-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 12, 1989</span></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>116th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-09-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 28, 1989</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-12-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 16, 1989</span></td> <td>80 </td></tr> <tr> <td>117th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001989-12-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 25, 1989</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001990-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 1990</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>31 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>118th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001990-02-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February 27, 1990</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001990-06-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 26, 1990</span></td> <td>120 </td></tr> <tr> <td>119th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001990-10-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 12, 1990</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001990-11-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 10, 1990</span></td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>120th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001990-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1990</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-05-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May 8, 1991</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>121st</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-08-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 5, 1991</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-10-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 4, 1991</span></td> <td>61 </td></tr> <tr> <td>122nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-11-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 5, 1991</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001991-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 1991</span></td> <td>47 (36+11) </td></tr> <tr> <td>123rd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 1992</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-06-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 21, 1992</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>124th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-08-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 7, 1992</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-08-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 11, 1992</span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>125th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-10-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 30, 1992</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001992-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 1992</span></td> <td>42 (40+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>126th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-01-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 22, 1993</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-06-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 18, 1993</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>148 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>127th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-08-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 5, 1993</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-08-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 28, 1993</span></td> <td>24 (10+14) </td></tr> <tr> <td>128th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001993-09-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 17, 1993</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-01-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 29, 1994</span></td> <td>135 (90+45) </td></tr> <tr> <td>129th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-01-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 31, 1994</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-06-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 29, 1994</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>130th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-07-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 18, 1994</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-07-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 22, 1994</span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>131st</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-09-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 30, 1994</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001994-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 1994</span></td> <td>71 (65+6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>132nd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1995</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-06-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 18, 1995</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>133rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-08-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 4, 1995</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-08-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 8, 1995</span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>134th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1995</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001995-12-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 15, 1995</span></td> <td>78 (46+32) </td></tr> <tr> <td>135th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-01-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 11, 1996</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-01-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 13, 1996</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>136th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC136%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第136回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-01-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 22, 1996</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-06-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 19, 1996</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>137th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 27, 1996</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 27, 1996</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>138th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-11-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 7, 1996</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-11-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 12, 1996</span></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>139th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-11-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 29, 1996</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001996-12-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 18, 1996</span></td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td>140th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 1997</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-06-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 18, 1997</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>141st</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 1997</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001997-12-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 12, 1997</span></td> <td>75 </td></tr> <tr> <td>142nd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-01-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 12, 1998</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-06-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 18, 1998</span></td> <td>158 (150+8) </td></tr> <tr> <td>143rd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC143%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第143回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-07-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 30, 1998</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-10-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 16, 1998</span></td> <td>79 (70+9) </td></tr> <tr> <td>144th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-11-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 27, 1998</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001998-12-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 14, 1998</span></td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>145th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-01-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 19, 1999</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-08-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 13, 1999</span></td> <td>207 (150+57) </td></tr> <tr> <td>146th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-10-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 29, 1999</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000001999-12-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 15, 1999</span></td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>147th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2000</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-06-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 2, 2000</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>135 (150) </td></tr> <tr> <td>148th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC148%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第148回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-07-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 4, 2000</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-07-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 6, 2000</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>149th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-07-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 28, 2000</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-08-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 9, 2000</span></td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td>150th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-09-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 21, 2000</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 1, 2000</span></td> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr> <td>151st</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-01-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 31, 2001</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-06-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 29, 2001</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>152nd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-08-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 7, 2001</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-08-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 10, 2001</span></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>153rd</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 27, 2001</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-12-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 7, 2001</span></td> <td>72 </td></tr> <tr> <td>154th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 21, 2002</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-07-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 31, 2002</span></td> <td>192 (150+42) </td></tr> <tr> <td>155th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-10-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 18, 2002</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-12-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 13, 2002</span></td> <td>57 </td></tr> <tr> <td>156th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2003</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-07-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 28, 2003</span></td> <td>190 (150+40) </td></tr> <tr> <td>157th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 2003</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-10-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 10, 2003</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>15 (36) </td></tr> <tr> <td>158th</td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-11-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 19, 2003</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002003-11-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 27, 2003</span></td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>159th</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-01-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 19, 2004</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-06-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 16, 2004</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>160th</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-07-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 30, 2004</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-08-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 6, 2004</span></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>161st</td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-10-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 12, 2004</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-12-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 3, 2004</span></td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <td>162nd</td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002005-01-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 21, 2005</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002005-08-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 8, 2005</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>200 (150+55) </td></tr> <tr> <td>163rd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC163%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第163回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002005-09-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 21, 2005</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002005-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 1, 2005</span></td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>164th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC164%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第164回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2006</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-06-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 18, 2006</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>165th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC165%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第165回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-09-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 26, 2006</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002006-12-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 19, 2006</span></td> <td>85 (81+4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>166th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC166%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第166回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-01-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 25, 2007</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-07-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 5, 2007</span></td> <td>162 (150+12) </td></tr> <tr> <td>167th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC167%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第167回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-08-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 7, 2007</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-08-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 10, 2007</span></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>168th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC168%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第168回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002007-09-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 10, 2007</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-01-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 15, 2008</span></td> <td>128 (62+66) </td></tr> <tr> <td>169th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC169%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第169回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-01-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 18, 2008</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-06-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 21, 2008</span></td> <td>156 (150+6) </td></tr> <tr> <td>170th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC170%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第170回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-09-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 24, 2008</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002008-12-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 25, 2008</span></td> <td>93 (68+25) </td></tr> <tr> <td>171st <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC171%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第171回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-01-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 5, 2009</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-07-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 21, 2009</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>198 (150+55) </td></tr> <tr> <td>172nd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC172%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第172回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-09-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 16, 2009</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-09-19-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 19, 2009</span></td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>173rd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC173%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第173回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-10-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 26, 2009</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002009-12-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 4, 2009</span></td> <td>40 (36+4) </td></tr> <tr> <td>174th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC174%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第174回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-01-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 18, 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-06-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 16, 2010</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>175th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC175%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第175回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-07-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 30, 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-08-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 6, 2010</span></td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>176th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC176%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第176回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1, 2010</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002010-12-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 3, 2010</span></td> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <td>177th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC177%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第177回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 2011</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-08-31-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 31, 2011</span></td> <td>220 (150+70) </td></tr> <tr> <td>178th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC178%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第178回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-09-13-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 13, 2011</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-09-30-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 30, 2011</span></td> <td>18 (4+14) </td></tr> <tr> <td>179th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC179%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第179回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-10-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 20, 2011</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002011-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 2011</span></td> <td>51 </td></tr> <tr> <td>180th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC180%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第180回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 2012</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-09-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 8, 2012</span></td> <td>229 (150+79) </td></tr> <tr> <td>181st <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC181%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第181回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-10-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 29, 2012</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-11-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 16, 2012</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>19 (33) </td></tr> <tr> <td>182nd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC182%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第182回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-12-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 26, 2012</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002012-12-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 28, 2012</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>183rd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC183%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第183回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 28, 2013</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-06-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 26, 2013</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>184th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC184%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第184回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-08-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 2, 2013</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-08-07-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 7, 2013</span></td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>185th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC185%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第185回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-10-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 15, 2013</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002013-12-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 8, 2013</span></td> <td>55 (53+2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>186th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC186%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第186回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-01-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 24, 2014</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-06-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 22, 2014</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>187th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC187%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第187回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-09-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 29, 2014</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-11-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 21, 2014</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>54 (63) </td></tr> <tr> <td>188th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC188%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第188回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-12-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 24, 2014</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002014-12-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 26, 2014</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>189th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC189%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第189回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-01-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 26, 2015</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002015-09-27-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 27, 2015</span></td> <td>245 (150+95) </td></tr> <tr> <td>190th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC190%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第190回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-01-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 4, 2016</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-06-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 1, 2016</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>191st <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC191%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第191回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 1, 2016</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-08-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 3, 2016</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>192nd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC192%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第192回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-09-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 26, 2016</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002016-12-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 17, 2016</span></td> <td>83 (66+17) </td></tr> <tr> <td>193rd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC193%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第193回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2017</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-06-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 18, 2017</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>194th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC194%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第194回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-09-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 28, 2017</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-09-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 28, 2017</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>195th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC195%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第195回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 1, 2017</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002017-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 2017</span></td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr> <td>196th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC196%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第196回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-01-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 22, 2018</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-07-22-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July 22, 2018</span></td> <td>182 (150+32) </td></tr> <tr> <td>197th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC197%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第197回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-10-24-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 24, 2018</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002018-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 2018</span></td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td>198th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC198%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第198回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-01-28-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 28, 2019</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-06-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 26, 2019</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>199th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC199%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第199回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 1, 2019</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-08-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 5, 2019</span></td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>200th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC200%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第200回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-10-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 4, 2019</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002019-12-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 9, 2019</span></td> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <td>201st <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC201%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第201回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-01-20-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 20, 2020</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-06-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 17, 2020</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>202nd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC202%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第202回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-09-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 16, 2020</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-09-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 18, 2020</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>203rd <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC203%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第203回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-10-26-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 26, 2020</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002020-12-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 5, 2020</span></td> <td>41 </td></tr> <tr> <td>204th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC204%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第204回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-01-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 18, 2021</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-06-16-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 16, 2021</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>205th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC205%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第205回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-10-04-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 4, 2021</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-10-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 14, 2021</span><br />(dissolution)</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>206th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC206%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第206回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>S</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-11-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 10, 2021</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-11-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 12, 2021</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>207th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC207%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第207回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-12-06-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 6, 2021</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002021-12-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 21, 2021</span></td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>208th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC208%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第208回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-01-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 17, 2022</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-06-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 15, 2022</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td>209th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC209%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第209回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-08-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 3, 2022</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-08-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 5, 2022</span></td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>210th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC210%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第210回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>E</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-10-03-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 3, 2022</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002022-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December 10, 2022</span></td> <td>69 </td></tr> <tr> <td>211th <small>(<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC211%E5%9B%9E%E5%9B%BD%E4%BC%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:第211回国会">ja</a>)</small></td> <td>R</td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-01-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 23, 2023</span></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002023-06-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 21, 2023</span></td> <td>150 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_House_of_Representatives_general_elections">List of House of Representatives general elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of House of Representatives general elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Date </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Elected prime minister</span><br />(during term) </th> <th>Turnout </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Date of<br />dissolution (D) /<br />expiration of term (E) </th> <th>Registered<br />voters </th> <th>Majority party </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Share </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;" colspan="10"><b>Imperial Diet (1890–1947); upper house: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Peers_(Japan)" title="House of Peers (Japan)">House of Peers</a></b> </td> <th rowspan="15" style="font-weight:normal"><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor<br />Meiji</a></span></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.1em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1867–1912)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1890_Japanese_general_election" title="1890 Japanese general election">1890</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">1 July 1890 </td> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf"><a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo" title="Yamagata Aritomo">Yamagata Aritomo</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">93.91% </td> <td rowspan="14">300 </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">450,872 </td> <td bgcolor="#EFAB93" rowspan="10" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1890)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1890)">Constitutional Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFAB93">130 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFAB93">43.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Matsukata_Masayoshi" title="Matsukata Masayoshi">Matsukata Masayoshi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1892_Japanese_general_election" title="1892 Japanese general election">1892</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">15 February 1892 </td> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/Matsukata_Masayoshi" title="Matsukata Masayoshi">Matsukata Masayoshi</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">91.59% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) December 25, 1891 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">434,594 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFAB93"><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>94 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFAB93">31.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/March_1894_Japanese_general_election" title="March 1894 Japanese general election"><small>Mar.</small> 1894</a> </th> <td>March 1, 1894 </td> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a> </td> <td>88.76% </td> <td>(D) December 30, 1893 </td> <td align="right">440,113 </td> <td bgcolor="#EFAB93">120 </td> <td bgcolor="#EFAB93">40.00% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/September_1894_Japanese_general_election" title="September 1894 Japanese general election"><small>Sep.</small> 1894</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">1 September 1894 </td> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">84.84% </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) June 2, 1894 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">460,483 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#EFAB93">107 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#EFAB93">35.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Matsukata_Masayoshi" title="Matsukata Masayoshi">Matsukata Masayoshi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/March_1898_Japanese_general_election" title="March 1898 Japanese general election"><small>Mar.</small> 1898</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">15 March 1898 </td> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">87.50% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) December 25, 1897 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">452,637 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFAB93">105 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EFAB93">35.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA">(<a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ckuma_Shigenobu" title="Ōkuma Shigenobu">Ōkuma Shigenobu</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/August_1898_Japanese_general_election" title="August 1898 Japanese general election"><small>Aug.</small> 1898</a> </th> <td rowspan="4">10 August 1898 </td> <td bgcolor="#F8F9FA"><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ckuma_Shigenobu" title="Ōkuma Shigenobu">Ōkuma Shigenobu</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">79.91% </td> <td rowspan="4">(D) June 10, 1898 </td> <td rowspan="4" align="right">502,292 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F8F9FA"><a href="/wiki/Kensei_Hont%C5%8D" title="Kensei Hontō">Kensei Hontō</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F8F9FA">124 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#F8F9FA">41.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Yamagata_Aritomo" title="Yamagata Aritomo">Yamagata Aritomo</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Hirobumi" title="Itō Hirobumi">Itō Hirobumi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D" title="Katsura Tarō">Katsura Tarō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Date </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Elected prime minister</span><br />(during term) </th> <th>Turnout </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Date of dissolution (D) /<br />expiration of term (E) </th> <th>Registered<br />voters </th> <th>Majority party </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Share </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Date </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Elected prime minister</span><br />(during term) </th> <th>Turnout </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Date of<br />dissolution (D) /<br />expiration of term (E) </th> <th>Registered<br />voters </th> <th>Majority party </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Share </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1902_Japanese_general_election" title="1902 Japanese general election">1902</a> </th> <td>August 10, 1902 </td> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D" title="Katsura Tarō">Katsura Tarō</a> </td> <td>88.39% </td> <td rowspan="2">376 </td> <td>(E) August 9, 1902 </td> <td align="right">982,868 </td> <td rowspan="11" bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Rikken_Seiy%C5%ABkai" title="Rikken Seiyūkai">Rikken Seiyūkai</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">191 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">50.79% </td> <th rowspan="11" style="font-weight:normal"><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor<br />Meiji</a></span></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.1em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1867–1912)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1903_Japanese_general_election" title="1903 Japanese general election">1903</a> </th> <td>March 1, 1903 </td> <td>86.17% </td> <td>(D) December 28, 1902 </td> <td align="right">958,322 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">175 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">46.54% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1904_Japanese_general_election" title="1904 Japanese general election">1904</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">1 March 1904 </td> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf"><a href="/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D" title="Katsura Tarō">Katsura Tarō</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">86.06% </td> <td rowspan="5">379 </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) December 11, 1903 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">762,445 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F">133 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F">35.09% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1908_Japanese_general_election" title="1908 Japanese general election">1908</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">15 May 1908 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">85.29% </td> <td rowspan="3">(E) March 27, 1908 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">1,590,045 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#2E980F">187 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#2E980F">49.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D" title="Katsura Tarō">Katsura Tarō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/1912_Japanese_general_election" title="1912 Japanese general election">1912</a> </th> <td rowspan="4">15 May 1912 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">89.58% </td> <td rowspan="8">381 </td> <td rowspan="4">(E) May 14, 1912 </td> <td rowspan="4" align="right">1,506,143 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#2E980F">209 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#2E980F">54.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Katsura_Tar%C5%8D" title="Katsura Tarō">Katsura Tarō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Yamamoto_Gonnohy%C5%8De" title="Yamamoto Gonnohyōe">Yamamoto Gonnohyōe</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DA7B8B">(<a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ckuma_Shigenobu" title="Ōkuma Shigenobu">Ōkuma Shigenobu</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1915_Japanese_general_election" title="1915 Japanese general election">1915</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">25 March 1915 </td> <td bgcolor="#DA7B8B"><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ckuma_Shigenobu" title="Ōkuma Shigenobu">Ōkuma Shigenobu</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">92.13% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) December 25, 1914 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">1,546,411 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DA7B8B"><a href="/wiki/Rikken_D%C5%8Dshikai" title="Rikken Dōshikai">Rikken Dōshikai</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DA7B8B">153 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DA7B8B">40.15% </td> <th rowspan="12" style="font-weight:normal"><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Taish%C5%8D" title="Emperor Taishō">Emperor<br />Taishō</a></span></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.1em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1926)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Terauchi_Masatake" title="Terauchi Masatake">Terauchi Masatake</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1917_Japanese_general_election" title="1917 Japanese general election">1917</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">20 April 1917 </td> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf"><a href="/wiki/Terauchi_Masatake" title="Terauchi Masatake">Terauchi Masatake</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">91.92% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) January 25, 1917 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">1,422,126 </td> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Rikken_Seiy%C5%ABkai" title="Rikken Seiyūkai">Rikken Seiyūkai</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F">165 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F">43.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/Hara_Takashi" title="Hara Takashi">Hara Takashi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/1920_Japanese_general_election" title="1920 Japanese general election">1920</a> </th> <td rowspan="5">10 May 1920 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Hara_Takashi" title="Hara Takashi">Hara Takashi</a> </td> <td rowspan="5">86.73% </td> <td rowspan="8">464 </td> <td rowspan="5">(D) February 26, 1920 </td> <td rowspan="5" align="right">3,069,148 </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#2E980F">278 </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#2E980F">59.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/Takahashi_Korekiyo" title="Takahashi Korekiyo">Takahashi Korekiyo</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Kat%C5%8D_Tomosabur%C5%8D" title="Katō Tomosaburō">Katō Tomosaburō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Yamamoto_Gonnohy%C5%8De" title="Yamamoto Gonnohyōe">Yamamoto Gonnohyōe</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Kiyoura_Keigo" title="Kiyoura Keigo">Kiyoura Keigo</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1924_Japanese_general_election" title="1924 Japanese general election">1924</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">10 May 1924 </td> <td bgcolor="#3773BE"><a href="/wiki/Kat%C5%8D_Takaaki" title="Katō Takaaki">Katō Takaaki</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">91.18% </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) January 31, 1924 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">3,288,405 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3773BE"><a href="/wiki/Kenseikai" title="Kenseikai">Kenseikai</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3773BE">151 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3773BE">32.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#3773BE">(<a href="/wiki/Wakatsuki_Reijir%C5%8D" title="Wakatsuki Reijirō">Wakatsuki Reijirō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/Tanaka_Giichi" title="Tanaka Giichi">Tanaka Giichi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1928_Japanese_general_election" title="1928 Japanese general election">1928</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">20 February 1928 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Tanaka_Giichi" title="Tanaka Giichi">Tanaka Giichi</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">80.36% </td> <td rowspan="28">466 </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) January 21, 1928 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">12,408,678 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Rikken_Seiy%C5%ABkai" title="Rikken Seiyūkai">Rikken Seiyūkai</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F">218 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E980F">46.78% </td> <th rowspan="58" style="font-weight:normal"><b><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hirohito" title="Hirohito">Emperor<br />Shōwa</a></span></b><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.1em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1926–1989)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#3773BE">(<a href="/wiki/Hamaguchi_Osachi" title="Hamaguchi Osachi">Hamaguchi Osachi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1930_Japanese_general_election" title="1930 Japanese general election">1930</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">20 February 1930 </td> <td bgcolor="#3773BE"><a href="/wiki/Hamaguchi_Osachi" title="Hamaguchi Osachi">Hamaguchi Osachi</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">83.34% </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) January 21, 1930 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">12,812,895 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3773BE"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan)">Rikken Minseitō</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3773BE">273 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3773BE">58.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#3773BE">(<a href="/wiki/Wakatsuki_Reijir%C5%8D" title="Wakatsuki Reijirō">Wakatsuki Reijirō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E980F">(<a href="/wiki/Inukai_Tsuyoshi" title="Inukai Tsuyoshi">Inukai Tsuyoshi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1932_Japanese_general_election" title="1932 Japanese general election">1932</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">20 February 1932 </td> <td bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Inukai_Tsuyoshi" title="Inukai Tsuyoshi">Inukai Tsuyoshi</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">81.68% </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) January 21, 1932 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">13,237,841 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#2E980F"><a href="/wiki/Rikken_Seiyukai" class="mw-redirect" title="Rikken Seiyukai">Rikken Seiyukai</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#2E980F">301 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#2E980F">64.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_Makoto" title="Saitō Makoto">Saitō Makoto</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Okada" title="Keisuke Okada">Keisuke Okada</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1936_Japanese_general_election" title="1936 Japanese general election">1936</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">20 February 1936 </td> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dki_Hirota" title="Kōki Hirota">Kōki Hirota</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">78.65% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) January 21, 1936 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">14,479,553 </td> <td rowspan="10" bgcolor="#3773BE"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan)">Rikken Minseitō</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#3773BE">205 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#3773BE">43.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Senj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Hayashi" title="Senjūrō Hayashi">Senjūrō Hayashi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/1937_Japanese_general_election" title="1937 Japanese general election">1937</a> </th> <td rowspan="8">30 April 1937 </td> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf"><a href="/wiki/Senj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Hayashi" title="Senjūrō Hayashi">Senjūrō Hayashi</a> </td> <td rowspan="8">73.31% </td> <td rowspan="8">(D) March 31, 1937 </td> <td rowspan="8" align="right">14,618,298 </td> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#3773BE">179 </td> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#3773BE">38.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe" title="Fumimaro Konoe">Fumimaro Konoe</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Hiranuma_Kiichir%C5%8D" title="Hiranuma Kiichirō">Hiranuma Kiichirō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Nobuyuki_Abe" title="Nobuyuki Abe">Nobuyuki Abe</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#bfbfbf">(<a href="/wiki/Mitsumasa_Yonai" title="Mitsumasa Yonai">Mitsumasa Yonai</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe" title="Fumimaro Konoe">Fumimaro Konoe</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eba5a9">(<a href="/wiki/Fumimaro_Konoe" title="Fumimaro Konoe">Fumimaro Konoe</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eba5a9">(<a href="/wiki/Hideki_Tojo" title="Hideki Tojo">Hideki Tojo</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/1942_Japanese_general_election" title="1942 Japanese general election">1942</a> </th> <td rowspan="6">30 April 1942 </td> <td bgcolor="#eba5a9"><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Tojo" title="Hideki Tojo">Hideki Tojo</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">83.16% </td> <td rowspan="6">(E) April 29, 1942 </td> <td rowspan="6" align="right">14,594,287 </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#eba5a9"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Rule_Assistance_Association" title="Imperial Rule Assistance Association">Imperial Rule Assistance Association</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#eba5a9">381 </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#eba5a9">81.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eba5a9">(<a href="/wiki/Kuniaki_Koiso" title="Kuniaki Koiso">Kuniaki Koiso</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#eba5a9">(<a href="/wiki/Kantar%C5%8D_Suzuki" title="Kantarō Suzuki">Kantarō Suzuki</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="Gainsboro">(<a href="/wiki/Kantar%C5%8D_Suzuki" title="Kantarō Suzuki">Kantarō Suzuki</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#dfd29f">(<a href="/wiki/Prince_Naruhiko_Higashikuni" title="Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni">Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ccff99">(<a href="/wiki/Kij%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Shidehara" title="Kijūrō Shidehara">Kijūrō Shidehara</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1946_Japanese_general_election" title="1946 Japanese general election">1946</a> </th> <td>April 10, 1946 </td> <td bgcolor="#99ead5"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a> </td> <td>72.08% </td> <td>(D) December 18, 1945 </td> <td align="right">36,878,420 </td> <td bgcolor="#99ead5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1945)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)">Liberal</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#99ead5">141 </td> <td bgcolor="#99ead5">30.25% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1947_Japanese_general_election" title="1947 Japanese general election">1947</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">25 April 1947 </td> <td bgcolor="#9cb3d4"><a href="/wiki/Tetsu_Katayama" title="Tetsu Katayama">Tetsu Katayama</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">67.95% </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) March 31, 1947 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">40,907,493 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#9cb3d4"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Socialist_Party" title="Japan Socialist Party">Socialist</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#9cb3d4">143 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#9cb3d4">30.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffff7f">(<a href="/wiki/Hitoshi_Ashida" title="Hitoshi Ashida">Hitoshi Ashida</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8fc586">(<a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background:#efefef;" colspan="10"><b>National Diet (1947–present); upper house: <a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Councillors (Japan)">House of Councillors</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1949_Japanese_general_election" title="1949 Japanese general election">1949</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">23 January 1949 </td> <td bgcolor="#8fc586"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">74.04% </td> <td rowspan="5">466 </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) December 23, 1948 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">42,105,300 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8fc586"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Liberal_Party_(Japan)" title="Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)">Democratic Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8fc586">264 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8fc586">56.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8fc586">(<a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1952_Japanese_general_election" title="1952 Japanese general election">1952</a> </th> <td>October 1, 1952 </td> <td bgcolor="#8fc586"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a> </td> <td>76.43% </td> <td>(D) August 28, 1952 </td> <td align="right">46,772,584 </td> <td bgcolor="#8fc586"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1950)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)">Liberal</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#8fc586">240 </td> <td bgcolor="#8fc586">51.50% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1953_Japanese_general_election" title="1953 Japanese general election">1953</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">19 April 1953 </td> <td bgcolor="#8fc586"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Shigeru Yoshida</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">74.22% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) March 14, 1953 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">47,090,167 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8fc586"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1950)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)">Liberal</a><br />Yoshida faction </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8fc586">199 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8fc586">42.70% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ccd790">(<a href="/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama" title="Ichirō Hatoyama">Ichirō Hatoyama</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/1955_Japanese_general_election" title="1955 Japanese general election">1955</a> </th> <td rowspan="4">27 February 1955 </td> <td bgcolor="#ccd790"><a href="/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama" title="Ichirō Hatoyama">Ichirō Hatoyama</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">75.84% </td> <td rowspan="9">467 </td> <td rowspan="4">(D) January 24, 1955 </td> <td rowspan="4" align="right">49,235,375 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#ccd790"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Democratic_Party_(1954)" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Democratic Party (1954)">Democratic</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#ccd790">185 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#ccd790">39.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Ichir%C5%8D_Hatoyama" title="Ichirō Hatoyama">Ichirō Hatoyama</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Tanzan_Ishibashi" title="Tanzan Ishibashi">Tanzan Ishibashi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Nobusuke_Kishi" title="Nobusuke Kishi">Nobusuke Kishi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1958_Japanese_general_election" title="1958 Japanese general election">1958</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">22 May 1958 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Nobusuke_Kishi" title="Nobusuke Kishi">Nobusuke Kishi</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">76.99% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) April 25, 1958 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">52,013,529 </td> <td rowspan="15" bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">287 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">61.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Hayato_Ikeda" title="Hayato Ikeda">Hayato Ikeda</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1960_Japanese_general_election" title="1960 Japanese general election">1960</a> </th> <td>November 20, 1960 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Hayato_Ikeda" title="Hayato Ikeda">Hayato Ikeda</a> </td> <td>73.51% </td> <td>(D) October 24, 1960 </td> <td align="right">54,312,993 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">296 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">63.38% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1963_Japanese_general_election" title="1963 Japanese general election">1963</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">21 November 1963 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Hayato_Ikeda" title="Hayato Ikeda">Hayato Ikeda</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">71.14% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) October 23, 1963 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">58,281,678 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">283 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">60.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Eisaku_Sat%C5%8D" title="Eisaku Satō">Eisaku Satō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1967_Japanese_general_election" title="1967 Japanese general election">1967</a> </th> <td>January 29, 1967 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Eisaku_Sat%C5%8D" title="Eisaku Satō">Eisaku Satō</a> </td> <td>73.99% </td> <td rowspan="3">486 </td> <td>(D) December 27, 1966 </td> <td align="right">62,992,796 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">277 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">56.99% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1969_Japanese_general_election" title="1969 Japanese general election">1969</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">27 December 1969 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Eisaku_Sat%C5%8D" title="Eisaku Satō">Eisaku Satō</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">68.51% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) December 2, 1969 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">69,260,424 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">288 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">59.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Kakuei Tanaka</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1972_Japanese_general_election" title="1972 Japanese general election">1972</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">10 December 1972 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Kakuei Tanaka</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">71.76% </td> <td rowspan="2">491 </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) November 13, 1972 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">73,769,636 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">271 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">55.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Takeo_Miki" title="Takeo Miki">Takeo Miki</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1976_Japanese_general_election" title="1976 Japanese general election">1976</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">5 December 1976 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Fukuda" title="Takeo Fukuda">Takeo Fukuda</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">73.45% </td> <td rowspan="6">511 </td> <td rowspan="2">(E) December 9, 1976 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">77,926,588 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">249 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">48.72% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_%C5%8Chira" title="Masayoshi Ōhira">Masayoshi Ōhira</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1979_Japanese_general_election" title="1979 Japanese general election">1979</a> </th> <td>October 7, 1979 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_%C5%8Chira" title="Masayoshi Ōhira">Masayoshi Ōhira</a> </td> <td>68.01% </td> <td>(D) September 7, 1979 </td> <td align="right">80,169,924 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">248 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">48.53% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1980_Japanese_general_election" title="1980 Japanese general election">1980</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">22 June 1980 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Zenk%C5%8D_Suzuki" title="Zenkō Suzuki">Zenkō Suzuki</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">74.57% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) May 19, 1980 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">80,925,034 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">284 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">55.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Nakasone" title="Yasuhiro Nakasone">Yasuhiro Nakasone</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1983_Japanese_general_election" title="1983 Japanese general election">1983</a> </th> <td>December 18, 1983 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Nakasone" title="Yasuhiro Nakasone">Yasuhiro Nakasone</a> </td> <td>67.94% </td> <td>(D) November 28, 1983 </td> <td align="right">84,252,608 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a><br />(LDP-<a href="/wiki/New_Liberal_Club" title="New Liberal Club">NLC</a> coalition) </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">250 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">48.92% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/1986_Japanese_general_election" title="1986 Japanese general election">1986</a> </th> <td rowspan="4">2 June 1986 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Nakasone" title="Yasuhiro Nakasone">Yasuhiro Nakasone</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">71.40% </td> <td rowspan="6">512 </td> <td rowspan="4">(D) June 2, 1986 </td> <td rowspan="4" align="right">86,426,845 </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#8dc681">300 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#8dc681">58.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Noboru_Takeshita" title="Noboru Takeshita">Noboru Takeshita</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dsuke_Uno" title="Sōsuke Uno">Sōsuke Uno</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Toshiki_Kaifu" title="Toshiki Kaifu">Toshiki Kaifu</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1990_Japanese_general_election" title="1990 Japanese general election">1990</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">18 February 1990 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Toshiki_Kaifu" title="Toshiki Kaifu">Toshiki Kaifu</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">73.31% </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) January 24, 1990 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">90,322,908 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">275 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">53.71% </td> <th rowspan="11" style="font-weight:normal"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito"><b>Emperor<br />Akihito</b><br />(Heisei)</a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.1em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989–2019)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">(<a href="/wiki/Kiichi_Miyazawa" title="Kiichi Miyazawa">Kiichi Miyazawa</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/1993_Japanese_general_election" title="1993 Japanese general election">1993</a> </th> <td rowspan="4">18 July 1993 </td> <td bgcolor="#81bbb2"><a href="/wiki/Morihiro_Hosokawa" title="Morihiro Hosokawa">Morihiro Hosokawa</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">67.26% </td> <td rowspan="4">511 </td> <td rowspan="4">(D) June 18, 1993 </td> <td rowspan="4" align="right">94,477,816 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Japan_New_Party" title="Japan New Party">JNP</a>-<a href="/wiki/Japan_Renewal_Party" title="Japan Renewal Party">JRP</a>–<a href="/wiki/Japan_Socialist_Party" title="Japan Socialist Party">JSP</a>-<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a>–<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Japan)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)">DSP</a>-<a href="/wiki/New_Party_Sakigake" title="New Party Sakigake">NPS</a>-<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Democratic_Federation_(Japan)" title="Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan)">SDF</a> coalition:<br />1993–1994,<br /><a href="/wiki/Japan_Renewal_Party" title="Japan Renewal Party">JRP</a>–<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a>–<a href="/wiki/Japan_New_Party" title="Japan New Party">JNP</a>-<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Socialist_Party_(Japan)" title="Democratic Socialist Party (Japan)">DSP</a>-Liberal Reform League coalition:<br />1994,<br />LDP-<a href="/wiki/Japan_Socialist_Party" title="Japan Socialist Party">JSP</a>-<a href="/wiki/New_Party_Sakigake" title="New Party Sakigake">NPS</a> coalition<br />since 1994) </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#8dc681">223 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#8dc681">43.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#7fbdec">(<a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Hata" title="Tsutomu Hata">Tsutomu Hata</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#9CB3D4">(<a href="/wiki/Tomiichi_Murayama" title="Tomiichi Murayama">Tomiichi Murayama</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABtar%C5%8D_Hashimoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryūtarō Hashimoto">Ryūtarō Hashimoto</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1996_Japanese_general_election" title="1996 Japanese general election">1996</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">20 October 1996 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABtar%C5%8D_Hashimoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryūtarō Hashimoto">Ryūtarō Hashimoto</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">59.65% </td> <td rowspan="3">500 </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) September 27, 1996 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">97,680,719 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a><br />(LDP-<a href="/wiki/Japan_Socialist_Party" title="Japan Socialist Party">JSP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Social Democratic Party (Japan)">SDP</a>-<a href="/wiki/New_Party_Sakigake" title="New Party Sakigake">NPS</a> coalition:<br />1996,<br />LDP-<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Japan,_1998)" title="Liberal Party (Japan, 1998)">Liberal</a> coalition:<br />1999,<br />LDP-<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a>-Liberal/<a href="/wiki/New_Conservative_Party_(Japan)" title="New Conservative Party (Japan)">NCP</a> coalition:<br />1999–2000,<br />LDP-Komeito-NCP coalition:<br />2000) </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#8dc681">239 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#8dc681">47.80% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Keiz%C5%8D_Obuchi" title="Keizō Obuchi">Keizō Obuchi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Mori" title="Yoshirō Mori">Yoshirō Mori</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2000_Japanese_general_election" title="2000 Japanese general election">2000</a> </th> <td rowspan="2">25 June 2000 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Yoshir%C5%8D_Mori" title="Yoshirō Mori">Yoshirō Mori</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">62.49% </td> <td rowspan="2">480 </td> <td rowspan="2">(D) June 2, 2000 </td> <td rowspan="2" align="right">100,492,328 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a><br />(LDP-<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a>-<a href="/wiki/New_Conservative_Party_(Japan)" title="New Conservative Party (Japan)">NCP</a> coalition) </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">233 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8dc681">48.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi" title="Junichiro Koizumi">Junichiro Koizumi</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Date </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Elected prime minister</span><br />(during term) </th> <th>Turnout </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Date of<br />dissolution (D) /<br />expiration of term (E) </th> <th>Registered<br />voters </th> <th>Majority party </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Share </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Date </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Elected prime minister</span><br />(during term) </th> <th>Turnout </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Date of<br />dissolution (D) /<br />expiration of term (E) </th> <th>Registered<br />voters </th> <th>Majority party </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Share </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_Japanese_general_election" title="2003 Japanese general election">2003</a> </th> <td>November 9, 2003 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Junichiro_Koizumi" title="Junichiro Koizumi">Junichiro Koizumi</a> </td> <td>59.86% </td> <td rowspan="9">480 </td> <td>(D) October 10, 2003 </td> <td align="right">102,306,684 </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a><br />(LDP-<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a> coalition) </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">237 </td> <td bgcolor="#8dc681">49.37% </td> <th rowspan="13" style="font-weight:normal"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Akihito" title="Akihito"><b>Emperor<br />Akihito</b><br />(Heisei)</a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, 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<tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D" title="Tarō Asō">Tarō Asō</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_election" title="2009 Japanese general election">2009</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">30 August 2009 </td> <td bgcolor="#f59999"><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Hatoyama" title="Yukio Hatoyama">Yukio Hatoyama</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">69.28% </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) July 21, 2009 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">104,057,361 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f59999"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Japan" title="Democratic Party of Japan">Democratic</a><br />(DPJ-<a href="/wiki/People%27s_New_Party" title="People's New Party">PNP</a>-<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Social Democratic Party (Japan)">SDP</a> coalition:<br />2009–2010,<br />DPJ-PNP coalition:<br />2010–2012) </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f59999">308 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#f59999">64.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f59999">(<a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f59999">(<a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Noda" title="Yoshihiko Noda">Yoshihiko Noda</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_Japanese_general_election" title="2012 Japanese general election">2012</a> </th> <td>December 16, 2012 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a> </td> <td>59.32% </td> <td>(D) November 16, 2012 </td> <td align="right">103,959,866 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681" rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic</a><br />(LDP-<a href="/wiki/Komeito" title="Komeito">Komeito</a> coalition) </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">294 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">61.25% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_Japanese_general_election" title="2014 Japanese general election">2014</a> </th> <td>December 14, 2014 </td> <td>52.66% </td> <td>475 </td> <td>(D) November 21, 2014 </td> <td align="right">104,067,104 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">291 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">61.26% </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2017_Japanese_general_election" title="2017 Japanese general election">2017</a> </th> <td rowspan="3">22 October 2017 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Shinzo_Abe" title="Shinzo Abe">Shinzo Abe</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">53.68% </td> <td rowspan="4">465 </td> <td rowspan="3">(D) September 28, 2017 </td> <td rowspan="3" align="right">106,091,229 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#8DC681">284 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#8DC681">61.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Yoshihide_Suga" title="Yoshihide Suga">Yoshihide Suga</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">(<a href="/wiki/Fumio_Kishida" title="Fumio Kishida">Fumio Kishida</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Japanese_general_election" title="2021 Japanese general election">2021</a> </th> <td>October 31, 2021 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681"><a href="/wiki/Fumio_Kishida" title="Fumio Kishida">Fumio Kishida</a> </td> <td>55.93% </td> <td>(D) October 14, 2021 </td> <td align="right">105,622,758 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">261 </td> <td bgcolor="#8DC681">56.12% </td> <th style="font-weight:normal"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Naruhito" title="Naruhito"><b>Emperor<br />Naruhito</b><br />(Reiwa)</a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/75px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_Japanese_Emperor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.1em;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019–present)</span></div> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Date </th> <th><span class="nowrap">Elected prime minister</span><br />(during term) </th> <th>Turnout </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Date of<br />dissolution (D) /<br />expiration of term (E) </th> <th>Registered<br />voters </th> <th>Majority party </th> <th colspan="2">Seats Share </th> <th>Monarch<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Reign)</span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_House_of_Councillors_regular_elections">List of House of Councillors regular elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: List of House of Councillors regular elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading 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href="/wiki/1959_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1959 Japanese House of Councillors election">1959 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1962 Japanese House of Councillors election">1962 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1965 Japanese House of Councillors election">1965 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1968 Japanese House of Councillors election">1968 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1971 Japanese House of Councillors election">1971 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1974 Japanese House of Councillors election">1974 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1977 Japanese House of Councillors election">1977 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1980 Japanese House of Councillors election">1980 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1983 Japanese House of Councillors election">1983 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1986 Japanese House of Councillors election">1986 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1989 Japanese House of Councillors election">1989 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1992 Japanese House of Councillors election">1992 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1995 Japanese House of Councillors election">1995 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="1998 Japanese House of Councillors election">1998 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century_2">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2001 Japanese House of Councillors election">2001 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2004 Japanese House of Councillors election">2004 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2007 Japanese House of Councillors election">2007 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2010 Japanese House of Councillors election">2010 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2013 Japanese House of Councillors election">2013 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2016 Japanese House of Councillors election">2016 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2019 Japanese House of Councillors election">2019 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Japanese_House_of_Councillors_election" title="2022 Japanese House of Councillors election">2022 Japanese House of Councillors election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Diet&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output 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style="background-color:#1CA9E9; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Social Democratic Party (Japan)">SDP</a> (2)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> Independent (1)</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFBA00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_For_the_People" title="Democratic Party For the People">DPFP</a> (9)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> Independent (2)</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;"> </span> Independent (2)</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3CA324; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> (1/Speaker)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00469C; color:white;"> </span> <a 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Japan">Occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postwar_Japan" title="Postwar Japan">Postwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_economic_miracle" title="Japanese economic miracle">Economic miracle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Contemporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reiwa_era" title="Reiwa era">Reiwa era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_imperial_transition" title="2019 Japanese imperial transition">2019 imperial transition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Japan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Japan">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Japan" title="Geography of Japan">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system" title="Japanese addressing system">Addresses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan" title="List of earthquakes in Japan">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Japan" title="Environmental issues in Japan">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Japan" title="List of extreme points of Japan">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Japan" title="List of islands of Japan">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Japan" title="List of lakes of Japan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Japan" title="List of rivers of Japan">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Japan" title="List of towns in Japan">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Japan" title="List of villages in Japan">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Japan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Japan">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Japan" title="Politics of Japan">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Japan" title="Elections in Japan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_Japan" title="List of emperors of Japan">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Imperial House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Japan" title="Foreign relations of Japan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Japan" title="Human rights in Japan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Japan" title="LGBTQ rights in Japan">LGBTQ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Japan" title="Judicial system of Japan">Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="Supreme Court of Japan">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Japan" title="Law of Japan">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Japan" title="Law enforcement in Japan">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">National Diet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Diet_of_Japan" title="List of members of the Diet of Japan">List of members</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Japan" title="List of political parties in Japan">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Self-Defense Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Ground Self-Defense Force">Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force">Maritime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Air</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_cabinets" title="List of Japanese cabinets">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monetary_and_fiscal_policy_of_Japan" title="Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan">Fiscal policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Japan" title="Foreign policy of Japan">Foreign policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Japan" title="Ministries of Japan">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Japan" title="List of prime ministers of Japan">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Japan">Deputy Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Japan" title="Economy of Japan">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture,_forestry,_and_fishing_in_Japan" title="Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan">Agriculture, forestry, fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Japan" title="Bank of Japan">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_market_of_Japan" title="Labor market of Japan">Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_Japan" title="Manufacturing in Japan">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Japan" title="Energy in Japan">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Japan" title="Science and technology in Japan">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Japan" title="Communications in Japan">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Japan" title="Transport in Japan">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">Yen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Japan" title="Category:Society of Japan">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td 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title="Smoking in Japan">Smoking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Japan" title="Women in Japan">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Japan" title="Culture of Japan">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aesthetics" title="Japanese aesthetics">Aesthetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">Anime</a> / <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">Manga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_architecture" title="Japanese architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_art" title="Japanese art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonsai" title="Bonsai">Bonsai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Japan" title="Cinema of Japan">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_S_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" 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