Imperial Diet Of Japan
Japan s first modern legislature was the imperial diet 帝国議会 teikoku gikai established by the meiji constitution in force from 1889 to 1947.
Imperial diet of japan. Diet the national legislature of japan. The upper house the house of peers kizokuin was almost wholly appointive. However they were weakened in 1858 and overthrown in 1867 by the meiji regime who cooperated with the satsuma and choshu clan. The government may shelve any decision on how to achieve a stable imperial succession despite the diet calling for a swift report of discussions on the matter government sources said saturday.
989 words 4 pages. Initially its membership was slightly less than 300 but it. Under the meiji constitution of 1889 the imperial diet was established on the basis of two houses with coequal powers. For about 250 years japan was reigned by a shogun from the tokugawa clan.
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.