Japan's parliament decided on Friday to extend its current session for eight days until July 25, as the ruling bloc needs more time to pass key bills.
The more powerful lower house voted on the extension plan. The ruling bloc holds far more than two-thirds of its 465 seats. It will be the first extension of a parliamentary session since 2024.
The parliamentary standoff ended last week after the ruling coalition promised the opposition it would not seek to pass the seat-cut bill during the ongoing session. An opposition boycott had started in late June over that measure.
During the extended session, the ruling coalition aims to pass a bill to designate a second capital to back up Tokyo in disasters and a bill to revise the law on referendums for amending the Constitution. The second capital law will support the Japan Innovation Party's plan to reorganize Osaka.
