Timeline Saturday 29 November 1890

Events on Saturday 29 November 1890 1

• 1890 First Imperial Diet of Japan convenes Japan's first modern national parliament opens The first Imperial Diet of Japan convened in Tokyo, comprising an elected House of Representatives and an appointed House of Peers. It was the first modern national parliament in Asia, established under the Meiji Constitution promulgated the previous year. The Diet's opening marked Japan's formal entry into constitutional governance.