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New Country Report: A New Reality in the Japanese Parliament
04 Feb 2025

In the 2024 general election, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, lost their majority, which subsequently affected the policy-making process of the ruling bloc. The minority LDP-Komeito government was compelled to seek support from opposition parties to realize its policies, adopting a more humble approach. This paper reviews the results of the general election in brief and the consequent transformation of the LDP-Komeito policy-making process during the extraordinary Diet session in 2024 and offers reflections by the author.