Most main opposition lower house members to join Japan's new centrist party January 21, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Jun Azumi, secretary general of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2026. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's newly formed party pitching "centrist" policies will be joined by all but four of the 148 House of Representatives members from the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
ブランドコピー品 a senior CDPJ official said Tuesday. Together with 24 members of Komeito
ブランドコピー服 which left the previous ruling coalition, and a few other lawmakers, the Centrist Reform Alliance is expected to emerge as a roughly 170-member opposition group in the 465-seat lower house, positioning itself as the main challenger to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Feb. 8 general election. Election preparations are accelerating, a day after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her decision to call for a snap election, seeking a public mandate for herself and the three-month-old ruling coalition partnership between her LDP and the Japan Innovation Party. "United as a party, we will fight through to the end and make sure to achieve victory," Takaichi said at a meeting of LDP executives on Tuesday. It is the first national election for Takaichi, with the ruling coalition holding only a slim majority in the powerful lower house while remaining a minority in the House of Councillors. She has enjoyed high Cabinet approval ratings since taking office in October. To counter the ruling coalition led by Takaichi, a security hawk with conservative views, the CDPJ and Komeito have decided to join hands for the election, calling on anyone who supports their "centrist" direction to join the new party. The CDPJ currently has 148 members in the lower house, but two have announced their retirement and two others -- Kazuhiro Haraguchi, a former internal affairs minister
ブランド時計スーパーコピー and Yamato Aoyama, a three-term lawmaker -- have declined to join the Centrist Reform Alliance. The remaining 144 members all intend to join the party
ブランド財布コピー CDPJ Secretary General Jun Azumi told reporters. Azumi also said 36 nonincumbent candidates who were planning to run on the CDPJ ticket will instead run as members of the new party, and the number of candidates to be fielded could eventually grow to more than 200. Yoriko Madoka of the Democratic Party For the People, and independent Kunio Arakaki, a former member of tiny Social Democratic Party, also plan to take part in the alliance. LDP Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki told a press conference that his party is closely watching the impact of losing election cooperation from its longtime coalition partner Komeito
ブランドコピーバッグ backed by Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai and long a key source of campaign support for the LDP. Suzuki also hinted at the possibility of seeking cooperation from Komeito at "a candidate level," citing the "relationship of trust" the two parties had built at the local level under the 26-year-long partnership that ended in October. Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles Japan PM Takaichi says to dissolve lower house on Fri. for Feb. 8 election 2026 Japan House of Representatives election
