Japanese legislators will vote on a no-confidence motion against the unpopular Prime Minister Mr Yoshiro Mori submitted by the main opposition Democratic Party next Monday.
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Mr Yoshiro Mori
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Parliament's powerful Lower House is due to pass next year's budget today.
The motion will have only symbolic value given the ruling coalition's majority in the 480-member Lower House - where it holds 277 seats - unless enough ruling legislators either back it or abstain.
But its submission will embarrass the ruling parties. It will be certain to heat up their own campaign to unseat Mr Mori to try to improve their public image before a critical Upper House election in July.