Staff writer In a country where nearly 30 million people out of the 120 million population use the Internet, about 400 out of 732 Diet members have their own Web site.
Over the past few years, the Internet has become an efficient means of public communication in Japan.
The Liberal Democratic Party, the main ruling force, urged its Diet members to set up Web sites in time for the general election last June, and currently 176 of the party's 346 Diet members have their own Internet presence.