What is National Diet Building?
{{Infobox Historic building | name = National Diet Building | native_name = 国会議事堂 | alternate_names = Imperial Parliament Building | image = File:Diet of Japan Kokkai 2009.jpg | address = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]] | location_country = {{JPN}} | coordinates = {{coord|35|40|33|N|139|44|41|E}} | start_date = {{Start date and age|1920|1|30}} | completion_date = {{Start date and age|1936|11|7}} | architect = Ministry of Finance Temporary House Building Bureau | owner = [[Government of Japan]] | public_transit = [[Kokkai-gijidō-mae Station]] | height = Both wings 20.91 m (68.6 ft) Central tower 65.45 m (214.7 ft) | governing_body = [[Diet of Japan]] | affiliation = [[Government of Japan]] }} The '''National Diet Building''' (国会議事堂, Kokkai-gijidō) is the building where both houses of the [[Japan]]'s government, the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]], meet. It is located at Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, [[Chiyoda]], [[Tokyo]]. Sessions of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] take place in the left wing and sessions of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] in the right wing. The Diet Building was completed in 1936 and is made of only Japanese materials, except for the stained glass, door locks, and pneumatic tube system.<ref name=JP>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/scenery/e/column/tokyo/national-diet-building.html|publisher=The Meiji and Taisho Eras in Photographs|title=1 The National Diet Building|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref> == History == Plans for a Diet building began in 1881. The planners hoped to finish it by 1890, when the Diet would meet for the first time. They realized they could not build a very impressive building in time, so they decided to make temporary buildings at first. The first Diet building was a Western-style building made of wood. It burned down in 1891. Another wooden building was made and finished in 1891. It burned down in 1925. A third building was made. The Diet used it until 1936, when the current Diet building was finished.<ref name=JP /> ===