Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Sunday that his Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner must at least retain majority control of the upper house in the summer election after a setback in last year’s polls for the more powerful lower house forced the formation of a minority government.
“We should retain a majority of (seats in) the upper house as a ruling coalition. This is our baseline,” Ishiba said on a TV program ahead of the beginning of a 150-day regular session of Japan’s parliament on Friday.
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