Japanese media: The Gao municipal government is pushing for the "conservative" bill, leading to more pronounced opposition between political factions.

Reference News Network, January 2 report: According to the website of the "Nikkei Shimbun", the government of Taro Kono will submit a bill with a strong conservative flavor at the 2026 session of the Diet, which includes restrictions on foreigners purchasing land. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Japan Innovation Party have set the Diet session as the deadline for passing the bill in their coalition agreement, and it is expected that the related plans will be difficult to delay. The confrontation between the ruling party and the opposition parties such as the Constitutional Democratic Party will become more pronounced.

The government plans to submit 61 bills, with the goal of passing the budget for the 2026 fiscal year within this fiscal year. After that, policies emphasized by Japanese Prime Minister Taro Kono will become the focus of debate.

One of them is the foreigner policy. The coalition agreement clearly states that further strengthening the restrictions on foreigners and foreign capital acquiring land will be formulated at the Diet session.

The government will also consider drafting a bill related to the crime of damaging the national flag of Japan, which would penalize acts of damaging the national flag.

The report said that the ruling party believes these bills are easy to gain support from hardline conservatives, a group that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe valued as right-wing.

After the Komeito Party withdrew from the ruling coalition, the LDP's coalition partner became the Japan Innovation Party, and the ruling party will push for the formulation of foreign and security policies. To strengthen intelligence collection and analysis capabilities, the ruling party will review the bill to establish the "National Intelligence Agency" (provisional name) at the Diet session.

The ruling party will also push for amendments to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, establishing a new "Committee on Foreign Investment in Japan" to review foreign investment projects in Japan.

This Diet session is the deadline for the "Sub-Capital Plan" bill, but coordination between the LDP and the Innovation Party has been difficult. There is strong opposition within the LDP regarding the bill to reduce the number of House of Representatives members. If the differences between the two parties deepen, the stability of the coalition government may be shaken.

Opposition parties are exploring new cooperation mechanisms. Previously during the special session of the Diet, the Constitutional Democratic Party, the National People's Party, and the Komeito Party took a unified stance on the bill limiting the recipients of political donations from companies and groups. In the case of the sub-capital plan and the bill to reduce the number of members, the opposition parties could also form an alliance against the ruling party. (Translated by Ma Xiaoyun)

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