sentences:  The former are elected in general/by-/repeat elections of members of the House of Representatives "(Shūgiin giin sō-/hoketsu-/sai-senkyo)", the latter in regular/by-/repeat elections of members of the House of Councillors "(Sangiin giin tsūjō-/hoketsu-/sai-senkyo)".Under the postwar constitution, the prime minister is elected by the National Diet and must be a member of the National Diet, as must the majority of other ministers; by practice, all prime ministers since 1947 have been members of the House of Representatives so far.Under the constitution of the Empire of Japan, the Imperial Diet ("Teikoku-gikai") was a bicameral legislature of two houses, generally equal in legislative authority, and while the members of both houses received the same financial compensation — from 1920 and 1947, ¥7500 for the two presidents, ¥4500 for the two vice-presidents, ¥3000 for all other members of both houses, except Imperial princes, dukes and marquesses — their status was different by definition