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When the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito lost its majority in last October’s general election, many LDP politicians predicted that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s administration couldn’t last long because it wouldn’t be able to pass a budget proposal in the extraordinary...