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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 |
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| 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 |
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- ↑ On December 29 there was a second suspension for fourteen days, but on the next day dissolution was announced.
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