US EditionJapan's Ruling Coalition Collapses After 26 Years
- Japan’s biggest opposition party will seek to back a single candidate to block Sanae Takaichi after the ruling coalition collapsed, with Takaichi needing Parliament’s approval to become prime minister.
- On Oct 10, Komeito, junior coalition partner, quit its 26-year alliance citing the LDP’s failure to tighten funding rules and a last-year payments scandal worsened by Koichi Hagiuda’s appointment.
- Ms Takaichi faces a 233-seat majority requirement for appointment, a threshold difficult given current seat totals, while opposition strategists have named Yuichiro Tamaki, who said on Oct 10 he was willing to stand.
- Party officials are urging opposition unity, with Yoshihiko Noda describing the moment as ‘a once-in-a-decade chance’ for change, and Azumi calling for a single candidate.
- The LDP is pushing to convene an extraordinary Diet session as early as Oct. 20 with votes to pick the next prime minister, while a new government must be launched by Oct. 24 for summits starting Oct. 26.
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The possibility of Japan getting its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is increasingly in question following the collapse of the ruling coalition with the announced withdrawal of long-time coalition partner Koemi from the alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
The new leader of the right-wing conservatives, Sanae Takaichi, wants to become Japan's first prime minister. But the situation is complicated: a coalition partner has jumped off and the opposition could succeed in setting up a promising candidate.
On the 11th, Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People, said, "We cannot work with the current Constitutional Democratic Party" in the upcoming prime ministerial election at the extraordinary Diet session. He cited differences in basic policies, such as security and energy policy, as the reason. The Constitutional Democratic Party has decided to unify its opposition candidates...
The Komeito party has announced that it will not renew the coalition that engages it in the Liberal Democratic Party because of the possible inauguration of the PLD's new ultra-conservative president, Sanae Takaichi, as Prime Minister.
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