执政的自由民主党周四提出折衷方案，将众议院比例代表制议席削减31个。
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday presented a compromise proposal to cut the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives by 31.
这一新方案是在九个政党就至关重要的众议院选举制度改革举行的会议上提出的。
The new proposal was shown at a meeting among nine political parties on election system reform for the all-important lower chamber of parliament.
自民党及其联盟伙伴日本维新会已向7月结束的国会特别会议提交法案，规定除非执政党和在野党在一年内达成协议，否则自动将众议院比例代表制议席削减45个，即全体465个议席的约10%。该法案已结转继续审议。
The LDP and its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, submitted to the special Diet session that ended in July a bill to automatically reduce the number of Lower House proportional representation seats by 45, or about 10% of all 465 seats in the chamber, unless the ruling and opposition parties reach agreement within a year. The bill has been carried over for continued deliberation.
自民党希望能在本月底前基于其最新提案达成结论，但能否达成协议仍不得而知。
The LDP hopes to reach a conclusion by the end of this month based on its latest proposal, but it remains to be seen if an agreement will be clinched.
据知情人士透露，修订后的提案基于在野党国民民主党的主张，即削减议席以反映该国人口下降是合理的。
According to informed sources, the revised proposal is based on an assertion by the opposition Democratic Party for the People that it is reasonable to reduce seats to reflect a decline in the country’s population.
执政党和在野党最近同意，将在本月底前就基于现行小选区制与比例代表制相结合制度的改革达成结论，并由第三方专家小组讨论全面改革。
The ruling and opposition sides agreed recently that a conclusion would be reached by the end of this month on a reform based on the current system of combining single-seat constituencies and proportional representation seats, and that a third-party panel of experts would discuss an extensive overhaul.