14:20 JST, October 30, 2026

Diet members are representatives sent to the legislature by the people, who hold sovereign power. Reducing the number of Diet seats will only serve to narrow the channels through which the people’s voice is conveyed to national politics.

The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party, together with the opposition Democratic Party for the People, have finalized a proposal for electoral reform centered on cutting 31 seats from the House of Representatives’ proportional representation segment.

Although opposition parties other than the DPFP oppose this proposal, the three parties hold a majority in both the lower house and the Senate, making it highly likely that the relevant bills will pass during the current Diet session.

Eliminating 31 seats from the lower house would be the largest such cut ever. Nevertheless, no convincing........

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