A Lower House election should be held as soon as possible to break the political standstill created by the divided Diet, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.
During a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Hosoda said the LDP-New Komeito ruling bloc has been troubled by a lack of bipartisanship with the opposition, which controls the Upper House, that has resulted in the blockage of key legislation and budgets.
"We are at a hectic time amid international problems, and some say we should implement budgets and policies without dissolving the Lower House," Hosoda said.