By KAZUO IKEJIRI/ Staff Writer
July 11, 2022 at 01:23 JST
Natsuo Yamaguchi, left, the head of junior coalition partner Komeito, celebrates with Nobuhiro Miura who won a seat in the July 10 Upper House election from Kanagawa Prefecture. (Tatsuya Shimada)
The prospect of a national referendum being held on revising the Constitution moved closer to reality after four parties in favor of amendment won enough seats in the July 10 Upper House election to forge the two-thirds majority needed in the chamber to initiate such momentous change. [Read More]
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