[Opinion] Ishin Party Discusses Reducing the Number of Seats in the House of Representatives: "The Majority Favor 45 seats." The Party Will Leave the Response to the LDP's Proposal of "31 Seats" to the Executive Committee.

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[Josei Jishin] "The Ishin party is no longer needed. I see this proposal to reduce the number of seats by 31 as an attempt by Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Taro Aso (86) to exclude the Ishin party," says Hiroshi Samejima, a former Asahi Shimbun reporter and political journalist. On October 22, the Liberal Democratic Party presented a "compromise plan" to reduce the number of House of Representatives seats by 31, solely through proporti…

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On October 27, 2026, Fumitake Fujita, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, published on X the contents of a summary of opinions expressed at the party's Political Reform Realization Headquarters meeting held the previous day. While indicating the party's opinion that "we should proceed with the 45 seats currently under deliberation" regarding the reduction of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives, he also stated t…

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On the 26th, the Japan Innovation Party held a party meeting in the Diet and decided to entrust the executive committee with the decision regarding the proposal put forward by Liberal Democratic Party member Keisuke Suzuki to reduce the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives to "31." The LDP and the Japan Innovation Party have submitted a bill to the Diet to reduce proportional representation seats by 45, but…