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Japan ruling bloc agrees to cut single-seat constituencies in lower house

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, agreed Monday to slash ...

Japan ruling bloc to regain lower house majority as 3 lawmakers set to join

Japan's ruling bloc is set to regain its majority in the powerful House of Representatives as three independent lawmakers in ...

LDP draft would cut 3 Lower House seats in Tokyo, 2 in Osaka

Tokyo will lose three single-seat districts and Osaka two under a draft reduction plan for the Lower House compiled by the ...
The Diplomat

Japan’s Ishiba Skates on Thin Political Ice

The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was a critical test for Ishiba’s leadership and his party, and the LDP failed it. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its ...

Japan opposition parties brace for possible early snap election, Yomiuri says

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's high approval ratings are prodding opposition parties to ramp up preparations in ...