Mr. Abe may want to avoid difficult reforms ahead of parliamentary upper house elections in July.
Prime Minister Noda now needs to get the tax rise through the Upper House.
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Why should any prime minister want to help a neutered upper house go off-message again?
The upper house cleared Mr Kuroda after he won approval from the lower house on Thursday.
In 1866, The Danish constitution was altered in favor of the king and the upper house.
This kicks off a bit of a benefits theme in the upper house, this week.
Others (and the Liberal Democrats) would like to see a wholly elected upper house.
The upper house, the Senate, backed the bill by 177 votes to 151 on Tuesday.
MPs from all parties to sign an early-day motion calling for an elected upper house.
To win over the upper house, he will have to make concessions to the right.
Meanwhile, in Cairo, clashes extended to areas around the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament.
President Yeltsin needs the support of regional big-shots, who make up parliament's powerful upper house.
Nonetheless enough will struggle across the finish line to give Republicans control of the upper house.
It must also be approved by Russia's upper house, the Federation Council of Russia.
In the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, MPs also demanded strict action against rapists.
The upper house still, somewhat incredibly, contains 92 hereditary peers, alongside the mass of appointed ones.
The Indian government appointed him a member of the upper house of parliament in Delhi.
Mr Koizumi then led the Liberal Democrats to victory in an election to Japan's Upper House.
This has passed the lower house but will be delayed by the upper house.
Mr. Abe may not wish to unveil difficult reforms ahead of parliamentary upper house elections in July.
The motion will now pass to the upper house, where it is expected to be resoundingly approved.
Egypt's upper house of parliament is receiving 90 new members Sunday morning, according to state-run Nile TV.
And he said that the party needed to unite ahead of upper house polls due in July.
As a by-product, the upper house of parliament has voted to dismiss the justice minister, Monica Macovei.
The changes would also stop convicted criminals such as Lord Archer from sitting in the upper house.
Silvio Berlusconi's government has only a very slim majority of around 12 in the Senate, Italy's upper house.
Given Mr Blair's vast Commons majority, an effective check from the upper house is more necessary than ever.
Margaret, or Lady T as we all called her after her elevation to the Upper House, loved America.
It would be the first time that someone from the less-than-influential upper house had played such a role.
Nor is there danger of gridlock if the powers of the upper house are to remain closely circumscribed.
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