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in opposition to Prime Minister

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’s postal privatization drive. The new party was seen as aiming to appeal toward urban voters, while the

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the party lost its final representative in the Diet.

Motions against Yoshihiko Noda

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) agreed to submit a no confidence motion against Prime Minister

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in an effort to block the passage of the bill raising Japan's consumption tax from 5% to 10%. In the Japanese diet the support of 51 lawmakers is required to submit a co-confidence motion to the lower house. The motion was submitted to the lower house on August 7, along with a censure motion against Noda. The main opposition

was also considering its own no-confidence motion and censure motions if Noda did not agree to call a general election. The no-confidence motion was voted down 246 to 86, with the DPJ voting against and the LDP and its partner New Komeito deciding to be absent from the vote after Noda agreed to hold elections "soon". On August 29, 2012 the House of Councillors passed a censure motion against Noda based on the one previously submitted by the seven opposition parties. The LDP and New Komeito had also been preparing their own censure motion but in the end the LDP, which had supported Noda's consumption tax increase, supported the censure motion of the other seven parties, while New Komeito abstained. While the censure motion was non-binding, the opposition parties planned to boycott the remaining sitting days before the diet session finished on September 8, preventing further legislation from being passed.The Japan Time
Censure motion against Noda OK'd August 30, 2012
Retrieved on September 1, 2012

Election results

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

References

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