House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers (Japan), House of Peers. If the t ...
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on 12 July 1998.
The
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under
Ryūtarō Hashimoto had restored single-party government in 1996 and was now aiming to also regain clear control of the House of Councillors, in which it was several seats short of a majority. However, it lost 13 seats in the elections giving the opposition clear control and leading to prime minister Hashimoto announcing his resignation.
Keizō Obuchi was elected LDP president on 24 July, defeating
Seiroku Kajiyama and
Junichirō Koizumi.
On 30 July 1998 Obuchi was designated as prime minister by the Diet against the vote of the House of Councillors where DPJ president
Naoto Kan
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defeated Obuchi by 142 votes to 103. Obuchi entered coalition negotiations in late 1998. In January 1999 the LDP entered a ruling coalition with
Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, bringing the government within few seats of a majority; in October 1999
New Komeito also entered the coalition, ending the divided Diet.
Results
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