Browsing library materials—deciphering photographs (3) Reporters and Photographers at the National Diet of Japan—Reporting and recording what happens at the Diet (Part 2)

摘要

How were journalists supposed to get around in the National Diet Building? Looking back, the decision to construct a Diet Building in Nagatacho, where the current Diet Building is, was made around 1887 and was based on a number of considerations, including soil strength. A temporary Diet Building, however, was constructed in Hibiya, where the current Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is located, in anticipation of the first meeting of the Imperial Diet in 1890. In fact, the temporary building had to be rebuilt twice after fires, and it was forty-six years before the current building could be completed and the Diet relocated to Nagatacho.