NHK reported Wednesday that Japan’s ruling party is rescheduling the proceedings of the National Diet to allow Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. 

It was known that the Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) and its ruling coalition partner Komeito held an executives’ meeting Wednesday and reached the consensus that it is desirable for Abe to participate in the Olympics being hosted by South Korea next month. 

Komeito’s secretary-general Yoshihisa Inoue said although the issue is up to the Japanese government to decide, the Japanese parliament also needs to cooperate with the government.  

Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the LDP, also said it will be better for Abe to go to South Korea if he is allowed to do so.  

LDP Diet affairs head Hiroshi Moriyama also hinted at the party’s will to cooperate on the issue, saying it does not want to burden the government with parliamentary proceedings.