Diet

=Diet= The Meiji Restoration led to many changes in Japan. Among them a new constitution issued in 1889 created new laws and opportunites. It gave limited power to the lower house of the Diet which was the new parliament. It was modeled on Germany. The Diet could pass laws if both houses agreed and new budgets; but if the new budget was not passed, the one from last year would be reinstated. The Diet could advise the government, but it had no control over it. Also the Diet was very conservative which was enforced by its requirements of large amounts of wealth to be able to vote and participate in the lower house.

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