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It's called the National Diet or simply Diet. The word "diet" comes from a Latin word that originally meant a day-long meeting (Diet is related to the Latin "dies" meaning "day"), and was used to refer to the parliaments convened of the Holy Roman Empire: the Diet of Worms, the Diet of Augsburg, etc.
Because Japan is a empire (monarchy) with an emperor as its head, "Diet" was chosen as the translation in English because of the tradition of using "Diet" for the Holy Roman Empire.
In Japanese, the Diet is called the Kokkai, written in kanji as 国会 (which literally means "National Meeting" or "National Diet"). (which
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∙ 9y agoJapan uses a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy for their government. The government has an emperor, prime minister, and a deputy prime minister.
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∙ 9y agoThe parliamentary assembly in the nation of Japan is called the Diet. The word is actually from the Latin meaning "daily food".
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Japan has a parliament of two houses called the?
National Diet
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