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When did Japan’s first Imperial Diet meet?
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Itō Hirobumi
Ito Hirobumi, c. 1904
Japan’s first Imperial Diet met in 1890.12
The establishment of this bicameral national assembly was a key component of the Meiji Constitution, which was drafted under the leadership of Itō Hirobumi and formally promulgated in 1889.13