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Oct 28, 2026
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A bill to reduce the number of lower house seats took a major step toward diet passage as two parties on October 28 supported a compromise proposal by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
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Coalition partner Nippon Ishin, Japan Innovation Party, held an executives meeting at which the LDP proposal was approved.
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Nippon Ishin had long pushed for reducing the number of lower house seats for lawmakers as a sacrifice toward cutting government expenditures.
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It had proposed a plan to cut the number of lower house seats by 45.
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However, the LDP offered a compromise proposal to reduce the number of seats by 31, with all from the proportional representation constituency.
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Earlier on October 28, the opposition Democratic Party for the People agreed to the LDP proposal as well.
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Representatives of Nippon Ishin and DPP expressed their support for the LDP proposal at a meeting later on October 28 involving all parties.
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Although the LDP and Nippon Ishin control an overwhelming majority in the lower house, the two parties are in the minority in the upper house.
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It also called for criminal penalties targeting egregious acts of foreign interference.
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This is the first time the government has set out details of the anti-espionage-related legal framework that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin, Japan Innovation Party, pledged to enact in their coalition agreement.
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The initiative forms part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's efforts to bolster intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities.
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Led by the National Police Agency, the government plans to proceed with drafting the legislation, drawing on deliberations by the expert panel and other input.
James TenganHOST
Takahichi was elected as leader of the Liberal Democratic Party last October.
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She reached a coalition agreement with the Japan Innovation Party and launched her first cabinet on October 21st.
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Initially, the ruling coalition did not hold the majority in either chamber of the Diet.
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But that changed after February's lower house election.
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I mean, the problem for the government is twofold.
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On the one hand, it has in its Liberal Democratic Party has a partner, Ishin, the Japan Innovation Party, which has been pushing quite aggressively within the coalition for the commitment to embrace nuclear-powered submarines.
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We also have South Korea, another key ally of the United States, given the green light by Washington to do just that.
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And there is therefore a strong voice within Tokyo that's saying the government should do that.
KyokoHOST
About 70 lawmakers visited on Monday.
KyokoHOST
They included members of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Japan Innovation Party, the Democratic Party for the People, and Sansei-to.
KyokoHOST
Land Minister Ibashi Tatsunori and Sansei-to President Kamiya Sohei were among those who took part.
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The head of the group, former LDP Diet Affairs Committee Chairperson Aisawa Ichiro, spoke at a news conference after the visit.
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Together with all of you, I will work hard to build Yokohama's future.
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City Hall Reset Harasawa was backed by local chapters of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin, Japan Innovation Party, the Democratic Party for the People, and Komedo, as well as business leaders who had distanced themselves from Yamanaka.
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During the campaign, she promised to bring smiles back to city employees and create a city hall that works for residents.
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A former Japan Airlines aircraft mechanic who later became a lawyer, Harasawa has lived in Yokohama since age three.
Rudy MartinezHOST
She also spoke about constitutional revision.
Rudy MartinezHOST
Her ruling bloc, a Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, won a landslide in February.
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It holds far more than two-thirds of the four hundred and sixty-five lower house seats.
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It is a minority in the Senate.