自由民主党、日本维新会与国民民主党周四批准了一项削减31个众议院比例代表席位的计划，从而打破了执政联盟与在野党之间关于应削减多少席位的僵局。
The Liberal Democratic Party, the Japan Innovation Party (JIP) and the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) approved a plan Thursday to cut 31 Lower House proportional representation seats, ending a standoff between the ruling coalition and opposition party over how many seats would be cut.
国民民主党干事长榛叶贺津也当天对记者表示：“由于采纳了我们党的意见，我们达成了协议。”
“As a result of including our party’s opinions, we reached an agreement,” opposition DPP Secretary-General Kazuya Shimba told reporters on the day.
在确保了国会多数席位后，这三党计划在定于12月12日结束的本届国会会期结束前提交并通过相关法案。
Having secured a parliamentary majority, the three parties plan to introduce and pass a related bill by the end of the current session, which is scheduled to end Dec. 12.
在三党秘书长于周四达成协议之前，三党周三经协商达成了一项由自民党从中斡旋的协议：执政伙伴日本维新会作出妥协，削减的席位比其原计划少14个；而国民民主党则同意削减比其原提议多12个席位。
Thursday’s agreement by the parties’ secretaries-general came after negotiations between the three parties resulted in an LDP-brokered deal Wednesday, in which the coalition partner JIP settled for a cut of 14 fewer seats than it wanted while the DPP agreed to 12 more seat cuts than it had proposed.
国民民主党副党首古川元久周三对记者表示：“总体而言，接受修改后的计划是最佳应对举措。”
“Accepting the revised plan was the best course of action overall,” DPP deputy leader Motohisa Furukawa told reporters Wednesday.
他给出了同意该协议的三点理由。首先，该协议事关根本性政治改革，且席位削减是一项临时举措。
He gave three reasons for agreeing. Firstly, the deal is about fundamental political reform and the seat reduction is a temporary measure.
其次，协议纳入了国民民主党所寻求的变动，引入了联合候选人名单制度，并采用了对国民民主党这样的小党有利的比例代表席位分配修正方法。
Secondly, DPP-sought changes were included to introduce a joint candidate list system and adopt a modified method for proportional representation seat allocation that is advantageous to small parties like the DPP.
第三，除了要削减的具体席位数外，国民民主党关于政治改革的其他构想均被采纳。
Thirdly, except for the exact number of seats to be cut, the DPP’s other ideas for political reform were adopted.
去年，削减约45个席位（即10%的比例）曾作为日本维新会加入自民党执政联盟的条件达成一致，这也是日本维新会政策的核心内容。但这一数字并未获得在野党支持，自民党内部也表达了担忧，迫使日本维新会作出妥协。
A 10% reduction of roughly 45 seats had been agreed to last year as a condition for the JIP joining the LDP in a ruling coalition, and was a centerpiece of the JIP’s policies. But the figure had no opposition party support and concerns were also expressed within the LDP, forcing the JIP to compromise.
日本维新会共同党首藤田文武表示，削减31个席位未达到该党的目标。但在执政联盟缺乏参议院多数席位的情况下，日本维新会为了寻求在野党的支持，别无选择，只能妥协。
JIP co-leader Fumitake Fujita said the 31 seat cut fell short of his party’s goal. But with the ruling coalition lacking an Upper House majority, the JIP had no choice but to compromise in order to find opposition party support.
藤田周四对记者表示：“国民民主党已同意支持我们。我们实现了兑现削减10%（即大约45个）众议院席位承诺的大约70%，并将以此为基础向前推进。”
“The DPP has agreed to support us. We’ll move forward from here, having achieved about 70% of our pledge to realize a 10%, or roughly 45 seat, reduction in Lower House seats,” Fujita told reporters Thursday.