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Japan's '60-day rule' could decide fate of key bills in extraordinary Diet session
Japan's extraordinary Diet session opened Monday, with a procedural mechanism known as the '60-day rule' potentially determining whether key government bills pass. The rule lets the House of Representatives enact a bill it has approved even if the House of Councillors has not finished reviewing it, a crucial lever for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling bloc, which lacks an upper-house majority.