Japan's Upper House Studies Ways To Go Online
The Upper House of Japan's Diet will begin studying ways to move their deliberations online.
In the latest ordinary Diet session, lawmakers were seated spaced apart in the main chamber to observe social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
But members of the Upper House say they may have to take further measures. They are discussing ways to hold plenary sessions online.
Directors of the steering committee decided to hear from parliamentary officials in Britain and Spain, where online deliberations and voting systems are already in use.
But officials are carefully discussing the legality of online deliberations. The country's Constitution writes that one third of both the Upper and Lower Houses have to be present for plenary sessions to open.
