Lawmakers remained bitterly divided Friday over a bill to create a secondary capital, prompting talk in the ruling party of another extension of parliament and an opposition party leader threatening a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sanae Takachi＊s government.
Discussions behind closed doors took place throughout the day as members of parliament sought a compromise?but occasionally emerged from meetings to make threats.
※There＊s no choice but to consider other options, including a (further) extension of parliament,§ Liberal Democratic Party Upper House parliamentary affairs chief Yoshihiko Isozaki told reporters after a meeting with his Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan counterpart, Yoshitaka Saito, on Friday morning failed to produce an agreement on the issue.
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