Upper house chief proposes compromise to end Diet impasse

Upper house chief proposes compromise to end Diet impasse

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Juro Saito (C) on Oct. 16 proposes a compromise on a bill to revise the upper house electoral system in an effort to end the opposition's two-week-old boycott of the Diet in protest against the bill. Saito presented the compromise plan in a meeting with upper house representatives of the ruling and opposition parties, which was held in the Diet building.

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