Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s decision on whether to attend intensive Budget Committee discussions at parliament appears to hold the key to breaking the deadlock in the ongoing parliament session over two controversial bills sponsored by the ruling coalition.
Opposition parties have also called on the ruling camp to give up the bills to reduce the number of House of Representatives seats and to establish a secondary capital as a condition for starting deliberations on a bill to revise the Imperial House Law as part of efforts to ensure stable imperial succession.
The political maneuvering is expected to intensify, with less than two weeks to go before the current parliament session ends on July 17.
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