Diet enacts bill to cut 20 lower house seats
TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese parliament enacts a bill Feb. 2 to reduce by 20 the number of proportional representation seats in the 500-member House of Representatives, despite an opposition boycott of the Diet. The empty seats of parliamentarians from the opposition bloc who boycotted the session in the House of Councillors are shown in this photo. The House of Councillors approved the bill on the strength of affirmative votes from the ruling coalition's three parties -- the Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Party and New Komeito party.
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