Japanese Strategy Minister Arai reported as saying, across the wires.

How they will succeed in getting the proposed sales tax increase through after the appalling thrashing in the Upper House is questionable I would have thought…

One of the Japanese newspapers – the Yomiuri- is reporting that as one might expect the government will be seeking co-operation on a policy-by-policy basis two swing-vote opposition parties, the New Komeito Party and the pro-reform Your Party, and the possibility of a coalition could be a possibility