Imperial Diet

Founded during the Meiji Restoration in the 1860s, the imperial diet is a parliamentary body consisting of two houses: The house of peers, an upper house consisting on a comparatively small number of long serving aristocrats chosen by the emperor called The Kazoku; and the house of representatives, a lower house of a relatively larger body of elected officials who represent the area of population that elected them. Proposed legislature must pass a majority vote in both houses before it can become a official law. The diet only has the responsibility of matters of legislation, but the actual enforcement and regulation of law is the domain of the Ministerial Office.

House of Peers

The house of peers is the upper house of the diet. It is composed of 245 members of a Japanese aristocratic class called The Kazoku. These peers are appointed by the emperor himself rather than being elected by the populous, and serve until they resign or are unappointed. The purpose of this house is to provide a more stable and conservative counterpart to the whims of the masses reflected through the house of representatives. The house of peers tends to favor tradition and customs over liberalization compared to the house of representatives.

House of Representatives

The house of representatives is the lower house of the diet. It is composed of 465 elected representatives who vote on behalf of their constituency. The representatives are the means by which the people effectuate their will upon the national political system. Representatives serve 4 year terms before they are either reelected or voted out in elections. Because the will of the people tends to fluctuate more and the composition of the house of representatives changes, this house tends to more reflect the whims of the populous and is liable to change more often than the house of peers.

Coalitions

A coalition is defined as a group of political parties that have agreed to vote together for the same legislation, therefore increasing the likelihood of said legislation being passed, in exchange for the parties involved having their political agendas represented by the coalition legislation. Typically coalitions are formed according to the liberal-conservative divide.

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