Information Related to the National Diet
This "Information Related to the National Diet" site aims to provide documents and information produced from the activities of the National Diet as well as documents and information intended to contribute to the legislative activities and the parliamentary oversight of government, and to play a role in connecting the people and the National Diet.
Research and Legislative Reference Bureau Publications
Here we present various research materials on national policy issues. These publications are available in PDF format and written in Japanese.
The articles in these publications have been examined officially by the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau, in terms of their usefulness for the Diet deliberations, the neutrality, objectivity and accuracy of the descriptions and the clarity of the arguments, etc.
The views and opinions expressed in the articles are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau (neither do they reflect those of National Diet Library nor National Diet).
Use
The Research and Legislative Reference Bureau publishes research on national policy issues in a nonpartisan manner as described in item (2) of Article 15 of the National Diet Library Law.
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in advance of publishing excerpts from, disclosing to the public, translating, or adapting these articles, in whole or in part, so that we may ensure the reliability of our content by reviewing the purpose and the nature of secondary use.
Recent Publications
- The Reference, No.887
- "Regulatory Trends for Digital Platforms", Issue Brief, No.1296, (PDF: 478KB)
- "Overview of the 2024 Actuarial Valuations of the Public Pensions", Issue Brief, No.1295, (PDF: 692KB)
- The Reference, No.886
- "Current Issues and Challenges for Skilled Construction Workers", Issue Brief, No.1294, (PDF: 1732KB)
- "Normalization of Monetary Policy by the Bank of Japan: Overview and Issues", Issue Brief, No.1293, (PDF: 665KB)
- "Current Trends in Japanese State Funds the post-COVID-19 period", Issue Brief, No.1292, (PDF: 865KB)
| "Issue Brief" (published irregularly) | Issue Brief is a compact briefing paper (about 10 pages) on policy issues. |
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| "The Reference" (monthly) | The Reference is the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau's monthly magazine which contains policy and legal analysis on state affairs, historical studies, and comparative studies on domestic and foreign systems, from medium- to long-term perspective. |
| "Foreign Legislation" (quarterly and monthly versions) | Foreign Legislation provides Japanese translations of foreign laws, explanation of the background of legislation, compact information on foreign legislative activities. |
| "Research Materials" (published irregularly) | Research Materials series is a monograph series published irregularly and contains reports of interdisciplinary researches and the "Science and Technology Research Project". |
Databases Related to the National Diet
Databases provided on this website concerning the Diet, laws and regulations.
| Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet (in Japanese) | Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet (in Japanese) | Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills (in Japanese) | Index Database to Laws and Regulations in early Meiji Japan (in Japanese) |
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| A database system providing full-text of minutes of the plenary sittings and committee meetings since the beginning of the first session of the Diet in 1947 in text data and in digital image through cooperation of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. | Stenographic records are available for all of Sessions 1-92 (1890-1947) of the Imperial Diet in either text or image format. | The Index Database to Japanese Laws, Regulations and Bills provides information on legislation going back to 1886. Links to the texts of laws, regulations and bills posted on the governmental websites are available. For the bills, users can also refer to information on the deliberation at each stage of the legislative process from the "Full-text Database System for the Minutes of the Diet" and the "Database System for the Minutes of the Imperial Diet" linked to them. | The Index Database to Laws and Regulations in early Meiji Japan provides information on legislation from 1867 to 1886. The source of some laws are available on the "National Diet Library Digital Collections" or the "National Archives of Japan Digital Archive" linked to them. |
Inquiries
Please send opinions on "Information Related to the National Diet" to the contact address below.
Research Planning Division, Research and Legislative Reference Bureau, National Diet Library
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