With less than a month left in the current parliamentary session, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is accelerating efforts to pass key legislation, pushing forward controversial policies that include a revision of the Imperial Household succession law, a reduction in the number of parliamentary seats and a backup capital plan that is a key goal for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s coalition partner.
Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party (JIP) head Hirofumi Yoshimura agreed Monday to work to have the backup capital bill passed by the end of the parliamentary session on July 17.
“This initiative is framed as a secondary capital plan that encompasses the Osaka merger plan,” Takaichi told reporters after the meeting,
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