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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