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Constitutional Imperialism in Japan
[Vol. VI

of the election, of the opening and the closing, and of suspension, reopening and dissolution, is appended. The asterisks in the first column indicate special elections following dissolutions. The dates in the second column are those of the formal opening ceremony; in the last column, those of the formal closing ceremony in the cases where the session “died a natural death”.

Table of Sessions of the Diet
Election Session Opened Suspended Reopened Dissolved Closed
July 4, 1890 1 Nov. 29, 1890 …… …… Mar. 8, 1891
2 Nov. 26, 1891 …… Dec. 25, 1891
*Feb. 15, 1892 3 May 6, 1892 May 16 May 23 …… June 15, 1892
4 Nov. 29, 1892 Jan. 23, 1893 Feb. 7 …… Feb. 28, 1893
5 Nov. 28, 1893 Dec. 19 Dec. 29[1] Dec. 30, 1893
*Mar. 1, 1894 6 May 15, 1894 …… June 2, 1894
*Sept. 1, 1894 7 Oct. 15, 1894 …… …… Oct. 22, 1894
8 Dec. 24, 1894 …… …… Mar. 25, 1895
9 Dec. 28, 1895 Feb. 15, 1896 Feb. 25 …… Mar. 29, 1896
10 Dec. 25, 1896 …… …… Mar. 25, 1897
11 Dec. 24, 1897 …… Dec. 25, 1897
*Mar. 15, 1898 12 May 19, 1898 June 7 June 10 June 10, 1898
*Aug. 10, 1898 13 Dec. 2, 1898 …… …… Mar. 10, 1899
14 Nov. 22, 1899 …… …… Feb. 24, 1900
15 Dec. 25, 1900 Feb. 27, 1901 Mar. 14 …… Mar. 25, 1901
16 Nov. 10, 1901 …… …… Mar. 10, 1902
Aug. 10, 1902 17 Dec. 9, 1902 Dec. 16 Dec. 28 Dec. 28, 1902
*Mar. 1, 1903 18 May 12, 1903 May 21 May 23 …… June 5, 1903
19 Dec. 10, 1903 …… Dec. 11, 1903
*Mar. 1, 1904 20 Mar. 20, 1904 …… …… Mar. 30, 1904
21 Nov. 30, 1904 …… …… Feb. 28, 1905
22 Dec. 28, 1905 …… …… Mar. 28, 1906
23 Dec. 28, 1906 …… …… Mar. 28, 1907
24 Dec. 28, 1907 …… …… Mar. 27, 1908
May 15, 1908 25 Dec. 25, 1908 …… …… Mar. 25, 1909
26 Dec. 24, 1909 …… …… Mar. 24, 1910
27 Dec. 23, 1910 …… …… Mar. 23, 1911
28 Dec. 27, 1911 …… …… Mar. 26, 1912
May 15, 1912 29 Aug. 23, 1912 …… …… Aug. 26, 1912
30 Dec. 27, 1912 Jan. 21, 1913 Feb. 5 …… Mar. 27, 1913
31 Dec. 26, 1913 …… …… Mar. 26, 1914
32 May 6, 1914 …… …… May 8, 1914
33 June 22, 1914 …… …… June 29, 1914
34 Sept. 4, 1914 …… …… Sept. 10, 1914
35 Dec. 7, 1914 …… Dec. 25, 1914
*Mar. 25, 1915 36 May 20, 1915 …… …… June 10, 1915
  1. On December 29 there was a second suspension for fourteen days, but on the next day dissolution was announced.

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