Despite threats from the opposition to boycott future Diet sessions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to extend the current ordinary session by 40 days.
Rather than end Wednesday, the session will now conclude July 28.
The Liberal Democratic Party, along with New Komeito and the New Conservative Party, argued for the extension, which they said is necessary to deliberate and enact a government-sponsored bill dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to help reconstruct Iraq.