Editorial

15:00 JST, June 24, 2025

If the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito, holding only a minority of seats in the House of Representatives, fail to grab a majority of seats in the House of Councillors, opposition parties will hold the cards on the passage of bills, and the Diet could become dysfunctional. To avoid this situation, it would become necessary to form a new coalition.

The upper house election is considered a midterm evaluation of the administration at the time of the election, but this summer’s election could be a critical one that will influence the fate of the administration.

Now that the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election is over, each party has shifted into full gear for the upper house election. The government is expected to decide as early as a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that the official campaigning will start on July 3, with voting and vote counting taking........

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