The National Diet Building in Tokyo lists the Ministry of Finance as architect, and the design follows Watanabe Fukuzo's prize-winning 1918 competition entry. The Government of Japan owns it. Work ran from 1920 to 1936, finishing on November 7, 1936, and the infobox and text agree.
The infobox says Art Deco, but the text says a 1910 commission recommended an Italian Renaissance style. The article says it used mostly Japanese materials, except stained glass, door locks and pneumatic tubes. The tower is 215 feet (65.45 m) tall, with nine floors and 53,464 square meters.
Fires destroyed the earlier Hibiya buildings in 1891 and 1925, and lightning damaged the tower in 2003. It was Japan's tallest building from 1936 to 1964. Both houses of the National Diet meet there. Public gallery visitors need admission tickets, and the article gives no opening hours.
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