Editorial

15:00 JST, February 17, 2025

The government and the ruling and opposition parties are calling for “thoughtful discussions,” so they should correct the outdated mechanism of the Diet and discuss policy and budget items in specific terms.

The ruling and opposition parties have established a council on Diet reform, headed by Yasukazu Hamada, the chairman of the House of Representatives Rules and Administration Committee. The council will reportedly discuss issues such as promoting deliberations on lawmaker-initiated bills and ensuring sufficient time for questions by small parliamentary groups, as well as giving earlier notice of questions to be asked.

More active debate on lawmaker-initiated bills and giving consideration to small parliamentary groups are steps that the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and other opposition parties have been calling for. It is necessary to realize both, but the........

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