Japan should cut Upper House seats and expand the Lower House to 550 single-seat districts to end voter disparity and consolidate the 47 prefectures into nine regional blocks to make government more efficient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/05/japan/right-sizing-the-diet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #jip #komeito #sanseito #japanesecommunistparty #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #democraticpartyforthepeople #sanaetakaichi
A dramatic shift in Japan's coalition dynamics has thrown the political landscape into chaos, leaving top leaders scrambling to secure a government formation with little time and numerous uncertainties ahead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/15/a-neotiators-nightmare-in-nagatacho/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #sanaetakaichi #komeito #yoshihikonoda #yuichirotamaki #shunichisuzuki #nipponishinnokai #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #democraticpartyforthepeople #dpp #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp
The dissolution of the LDP-Komeito alliance reveals a troubling reality: The opposition remains defined by what it opposes rather than what it proposes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/14/japan/japans-opposition-coalition-problems/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #liberaldemocraticparty #ldp #komeito #constitutionaldemocraticpartyofjapan #cdp #democraticpartyforthepeople #dpp