Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that the trusting relationship between her Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, is solid, describing it as ¡°unwavering,¡± despite the rocky relationship over a seat reduction bill that was shelved in the parliamentary session that ended over the weekend.
¡°The JIP made a heavy decision to join the coalition with the LDP last October, when the party was in a vulnerable position after Komeito left the coalition,¡± said Takaichi in a news conference marking the end of the Diet session. ¡°The relationship of trust with the JIP is unwavering.¡±
The parliamentary session revealed Takaichi¡¯s vulnerability ¡ª that her ruling coalition does not have a majority in the Upper House ¡ª with a secondary capital bill barely clearing the chamber by a 123-121 vote with support from a handful of independent lawmakers.
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