Opposition parties are wary of a plan by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Japan Innovation Party (JIP) to reduce the number of House of Representatives seats by 10% from the current 465.
JIP, also known as Nippon Ishin no Kai and the LDP's new coalition partner, is calling for a cut of about 50 proportional representation seats in the all-important lower chamber of parliament. JIP co-leader Fumitake Fujita said, "We should implement a major cut."
Small parties that rely on proportional representation seats are on high alert, with an official of one party saying that the LDP-JIP plan is "a targeted attack."
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