[HIGHLIGHTS] Chairmen of the House of Councilors and Country Relations Committees of four opposition parties hold talks and demand that the House of Councilors hold a political ethics committee

Chairmen of the House of Councilors and Country Relations Committees of four opposition parties hold talks and demand that the House Of Councilors hold a political ethics committee. In order to convene a Political Ethics Review Committee, a motion from at least one-third of the committee members is required, and in the Houseof Councilors, the four parties account for five members.

The four parties decided to submit a request to the Liberal Democratic Party's Nomura, Chairman of the Board of Review, in the afternoon.