The Democratic Party of Japan and opposition party New Komeito will hold discussions on a supplementary budget for this fiscal year and other policy matters, a step toward a "partial coalition" in the divided Diet, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Komeito plans to enter policy talks with the intention of approving the supplementary budget to be compiled by the DPJ-led government, although it also likely will push to have some of its own policies included.
The DPJ hopes forging a coalition with Komeito on a policy-by-policy basis will help smooth passage of bills through the Diet as ...
taktek - 3 years ago, in poll Democratic Party of Japan
The Democratic Party of Japan is likely to become the most powerful party in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in Sunday's election, overtaking the Liberal Democratic Party, a Kyodo News opinion poll indicated.Of 1,037 randomly chosen voters in Tokyo polled over the weekend by phone, 30.3 percent said they will vote for candidates backed by the DPJ.The figure was up 13.2 percentage points from a survey before the last Tokyo election in 2005 and far higher than the 18.2 percent who said they would vote for the LDP. The rate of respondents supporting LDP-backed candidates was down 8.5 points from ...
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