According to a report by the Japan Information Service on July 7th, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finally agreed to attend the intensive review and debate by the Senate Budget Committee on the 6th.
Previously, due to the ruling party led by Gao being in a minority in the Senate, the opposition parties used her presence as a condition for relaunching the deliberation of relevant bills. As the session of this Congress is about to end on the 17th, and several bills submitted by the Japanese government remain unresolved, the Gao government has had to change its previous tough stance.
However, at present, the Japanese House of Representatives is still paralyzed due to the refusal of the opposition parties to participate in the deliberations. It is still a long time before parliament fully resumes its normal operations.
According to reports, Mr. Takahashi arrived at the Prime Minister’s residence about two hours earlier than scheduled on the morning of the 6th. He held talks with Matsushita Masazo, the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s House of Representatives members.
Sources familiar with the matter revealed that during the past two weeks, Goto was negative about accepting requests from the Senate for a concentrated review. However, Matsushita managed to persuade Goto during the talks, stating that they would coordinate to ensure the review focused solely on issues related to the complaints regarding the production of defamatory videos. In the end, Goto agreed to this arrangement.
In March of this year, after a budget meeting, Takahashi Kaire was surrounded by Japanese lawmakers. Social Media
The reason why Kashi was forced to change his stance is mainly due to the obstruction in the progress of the bills submitted by his government. Unlike the House of Representatives, where the ruling party holds more than two-thirds of the seats, in the Senate, the opposition parties still have a majority of seats and dominate the proceedings. Among the 64 bills submitted by the Japanese government, 17 bills, including the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law, which is considered a key bill, have not yet been approved.
Among these, the most concerning is the amendment to the Royal Law that aims to ensure a certain number of members of the Japanese royal family. After the bill was submitted at the end of June, it remained stalled due to opposition from both political parties. It is currently even uncertain when the bill will be brought up for consideration in the House of Representatives. A relevant official from the Japanese government said, “This bill is related to the prime minister’s political life.”
During this period, the rift between Mayor Takahashi and the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Senate also seems to be deepening. The leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party, which had always insisted on centralized deliberation, waited for the prime minister to take the initiative after Mayor Takahashi returned to Japan on the evening of the 3rd. However, according to sources, “Mayor Takahashi did nothing at all during the weekend.”
Before talks were held between high-level officials of the Legislative Yuan in Gao Shi and Mount Song, a high-level official from the legislative council even said, "If she doesn't listen to persuasion, then there's really no way to do anything."
Although the Japanese Senate has begun gradually resuming normal operations, there is no sign of a solution regarding the House of Representatives' suspended situation.
