What is House of Councillors (Japan)?
{{Infobox legislature | name = House of Councillors | native_name = {{noitalics|{{nobold|{{lang|ja|参議院}}}}}} | transcription_name = ''Sangiin'' | legislature = | coa_pic = Go-shichi no kiri crest 2.svg | coa-pic = | house_type = Upper house | leader1_type = [[List of Speakers of the House of Councillors of Japan|President]] | leader1 = [[Hidehisa Otsuji]] | party1 = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] (caucus: independent) | election1 = 4 August 2022 | leader2_type = [[List of Speakers of the House of Councillors of Japan|Vice President]] | leader2 = [[Hiroyuki Nagahama]] | party2 = [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]] (caucus: independent) | election2 = 4 August 2022 | leader3_type = | leader3 = | party3 = | election3 = | leader4_type = | leader4 = | party4 = | election4 = | leader5_type = | leader5 = | party5 = | election5 = | leader6_type = | leader6 = | party6 = | election6 = | members = 245 | house1 = | house2 = | structure1 = Japan House of Councillors seat composition 2022.svg | structure1_res = 250px | political_groups1 = '''[[Second Kishida Cabinet|Government]] (146)''' *{{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}}} [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|LDP]] & affiliated independents (119) *{{Color box|{{party color|Kōmeitō}}}} [[Kōmeitō]] (27) '''Opposition (99)''' *{{Color box|{{party color|Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan}}}} [[Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan|CDP]] / [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|SDP]] (39) *{{Color box|{{party color|Initiatives_from_Osaka}}}} [[Nippon Ishin no Kai|Ishin]] (21) *{{Color box|{{party color|Japanese Communist Party}}}} [[Japanese Communist Party|J