Ruling and opposition parties on Thursday agreed to renovate some parts of the Diet building in order to accommodate two newly elected Upper House lawmakers with severe physical disabilities.
They also decided to allow caregivers to enter plenary sessions to help the lawmakers vote. The renovation work will be completed by Aug. 1, before an extraordinary session begins.
The decision was made during the day's Upper House steering committee meeting, where members discussed how to accommodate Yasuhiko Funago, 61, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and 54-year-old Eiko Kimura, who has cerebral palsy.