In the recent election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) increased its number of seats significantly and is said to have achieved its largest victory since its founding in 1955. Of the 465 seats in the House of Representatives, the LDP won 316 seats on its own. Combined with its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party (JIP), the total rose to 352 seats. As a result, the LDP alone secured more than a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives (with two-thirds equivalent to 310 seats).<\/p>\n
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In Japan, a bill generally must be approved by both houses in order to become law. However, if the House of Representatives approves the bill with a more than two-thirds majority, it can pass the bill again even if the House of Councillors rejected it, allowing the bill to be enacted. At present, neither the LDP alone nor the governing coalition of the LDP and JIP holds a majority in the House of Councillors. For this reason, the fact that the LDP by itself secured more than a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives is of great significance to the Takaichi administration. Close attention will be paid to how the administration proceeds from here in the months ahead.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Last October, Japan welcomed its first female Prime Minister in the nation\u2019s history…<\/span><\/p>\n