A hallway in the Diet building is now showcasing paintings donated by famous Japanese artists, beautifying the otherwise dreary legislature.
The five paintings, which have been donated since last fall, are in a corridor by the House of Representatives.
Atsushi Uemura, vice president of Kyoto City University of Art, plans to donate a painting early this year, to be followed in spring 2005 by Ikuo Hirayama, president of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.