The Japan TimesDec 5
Japan should cut Upper House seats and expand the Lower House to 550 single-seat districts to end voter disparity and consolidate the 47 prefectures into nine regional blocks to make government more efficient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/05/japan/right-sizing-the-diet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #jip #komeito #sanseito #japanesecommunistparty #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #democraticpartyforthepeople #sanaetakaichi
A plan to fix voter disparity and modernize Japan’s political system

With the population continuing to decline, down 5% since 2009, and people relocating from rural to urban areas, the scale of the government should also be adjusted.

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The Japan TimesOct 15
A dramatic shift in Japan's coalition dynamics has thrown the political landscape into chaos, leaving top leaders scrambling to secure a government formation with little time and numerous uncertainties ahead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/15/a-neotiators-nightmare-in-nagatacho/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #sanaetakaichi #komeito #yoshihikonoda #yuichirotamaki #shunichisuzuki #nipponishinnokai #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #democraticpartyforthepeople #dpp #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp
A negotiator’s nightmare in Nagatacho

The LDP has since pushed back the date to vote for the next prime minister to Oct. 21.

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The Japan TimesOct 14
The dissolution of the LDP-Komeito alliance reveals a troubling reality: The opposition remains defined by what it opposes rather than what it proposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/14/japan/japans-opposition-coalition-problems/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #komeito #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #democraticpartyforthepeople #dpp
Japan’s opposition coalition is a recipe for paralysis, not progress

The collapse of the LDP-Komeito coalition highlights the risks of an opposition more focused on obstruction than solutions.

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The Japan TimesMar 3, 2024
Japanese opposition parties on Sunday reiterated their request that 32 lawmakers of the House of Councilors appear before a panel on political ethics over a money scandal rocking the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/03/japan/politics/japan-opposition-ethics-panel/ #japan #politics #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #nipponishinnokai #komeito #ldp #fundingscandal
Opposition again demands 32 Upper House members face ethics panel

Junichi Ishii, LDP parliamentary affairs chief in the Upper House, says the LDP intends to decide in early March on the plan to hold ethics panel hearings.

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