Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party (JIP) leader Hirofumi Yoshimura agreed Tuesday evening to postpone discussions on a bill to reduce Lower House seats until after the current session of parliament.
Neither leader offered details of the deal following their seven-minute meeting, but Yoshimura stressed that his stance on getting the bill passed as a top priority hasn’t changed.
“Reducing the number of legislative seats is the cornerstone of reform and was part of our campaign platform and something promised by the LDP and the JIP. I believe we must, of course, see (the seat reduction bill) through to the end,” he told reporters following the meeting with Takaichi, who is the Liberal Democratic Party’s president.
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