Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s minority government has made a series of concessions to gain opposition support for its supplementary budget, which passed the House of Representatives on Thursday.
Ishiba’s efforts to win the support of not just the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), with which the ruling bloc has a partial alliance, but also Nippon Ishin no Kai reflect his desire to gain their cooperation in the parliamentary session to be convened next month.
He also apparently aims to prevent opposition parties from uniting ahead of next summer’s election for the House of Councilors.
