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Japan's new ruling coalition under Prime Minister Takaichi is struggling to govern effectively as misplaced priorities, weak coordination with partners and stalled economic relief measures drive down public support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/07/24/japan/japan-pm-back-to-basics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jip #komeito #jcp

More prefectural chapters of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan oppose than support the opposition party's possible merger into the Centrist Reform Alliance, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/22/japan/cdp-cra-merger-opposition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cdp #cra #komeito

The prospect of a merger between the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Centrist Reform Alliance may be in doubt due to the two parties' opposing stances on a package of bills on the imperial family. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/16/japan/politics/clouded-opposition-merger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #cra #komeito #ldp #junyaogawa #diet #shunichimizuoka

The Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito on Thursday agreed that the three opposition parties should establish a new political structure by autumn. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/02/japan/politics/opposition-agree-new-structure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #diet #cda #cdp #komeito

After the Centrist Reform Alliance's crushing defeat in February's Lower House election, the opposition is now weighing whether to extend the hastily arranged merger to the Upper House. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/01/japan/politics/cra-cdp-merger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #cra #komeito #junyaogawa #masayotanabu

Debate on constitutional revision is intensifying in commissions on the Constitution in both chambers of the Diet, Japan's parliament, during the ongoing special session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/24/japan/politics/japan-constitution-panel-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #constitution #sanaetakaichi #cra #cdp #komeito #nipponishinnokai

Opposition party Komeito plans to have its members in parliament join the Centrist Reform Alliance before the start of an extraordinary parliamentary session expected for the fall, informed sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/13/japan/komeito-cra-merger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cra #komeito #cdp

The CRA and Komeito are keen about creating a new opposition party option. Some senior members of the CDP and officials of a major labor union supporting the initiative are also positive about the idea. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/31/japan/politics/oppositions-looking-new-party/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cdp #cra #komeito

Some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party responded positively when told of a plan by opposition parties to form the Centrist Reform Alliance, former CRA co-leader Yoshihiko Noda has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/22/japan/ldp-cra-positive-noda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ldp #cra #cdp #komeito #yoshihikonoda

An internal study from the Centrist Reform Alliance confirmed what many political observers had already concluded — the attempt to fuse the CDP and Komeito faced structural flaws from the start. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/15/japan/politics/centrist-reform-alliance-soul-searching/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #cdp #komeito #ldp

The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito should merge with the Centrist Reform Alliance fully, including at the local level, CRA leader Junya Ogawa said in an interview on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/03/japan/politics/centrist-reform-alliance-leader-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #junyaogawa #cdp #komeito #ldp

The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan adopted its fiscal 2026 campaign policy on Sunday, stopping short of specifying when it will decide whether to merge into the Centrist Reform Alliance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/30/japan/cdp-cra-merge-unclear/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #cdp #cra #komeito

Komeito leader Toshiko Takeya has sounded positive on the party's future integration into the Centrist Reform Alliance, a peer in the Japanese opposition camp. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/15/japan/politics/komeito-chief-positive-cra-integration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #komeito #cdp #cra

In an about-face, the Democratic Party for the People says it will join a panel on social security while the Centrist Reform Alliance is also seriously considering it after both parties snubbed its inaugural meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/09/japan/politics/consumption-tax-panel-cra-dpp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #dpp #taxes #consumptiontax #ldp #komeito #cdp #sanseito #jcp

Newly elected Centrist Reform Alliance chief Junya Ogawa does not see his party as a brake for the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, but as an entirely separate vehicle altogether. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/19/japan/politics/cra-ogawa-rebuild/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #junyaogawa #2026lowerhouseelection #cdp #komeito

Sanae Takaichi’s election win gives her the political capital to tackle Japan’s voting issues, including religious and union influence, foreign interference and proportional representation flaws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/world/tackling-japans-political-taboos/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #sanaetakaichi #japan #sokagakkai #komeito #ldp #rengo #cdp #china #ccp #diet #cra #jip #dpp #chinajapanrelations

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s approval rating remained high, at 41%, following its overwhelming victory in the Feb. 8 Lower House election, a recent Nikkei poll survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/16/japan/politics/ldp-approval-rating/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #dpp #sanseito #cra #komeito #cdp

Make no mistake, she and the LDP’s big win is attributable to her energy, her image and her vision. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2026/02/13/takaichi-takes-command/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #lowerhouse #jip #cdp #komeito #shinzoabe #china #taiwan #us #donaldtrump #xijinping #2026lowerhouseelection

Lower House lawmaker Junya Ogawa was elected leader of the Centrist Reform Alliance on Friday, pledging to strengthen the party’s internal structure after its devastating defeat in Sunday’s election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/13/japan/politics/cra-leadership-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #junyaogawa #cra #cdp #komeito #2026lowerhouseelection

From Nagatacho’s corridors to rural paddies and local gyms, elections reveal how quickly fortunes shift. Three campaigns in 15 months showed how fragile support can be — and how national power begins far from Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/13/japan/politics/first-person-elections-recollection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cra #komeito #cdp #sokagakkai #sanaetakaichi #shigeruishiba #yamagata #amagasaki #wakayama

Takeshi Shina and Junya Ogawa, former members of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, have filed candidacies to lead the Centrist Reform Alliance, formed last month by the CDP and Komeito. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/politics/cra-presser-leadership-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #takeshishina #junyaogawa #komeito #cdp

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leaders Yoshihiko Noda and Tetsuo Saito on Sunday signaled their resolve to keep their fledgling party together following a devastating election defeat that could force their resignations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/japan/politics/cra-cdp-lose/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #cdp #komeito #yoshihikonoda #tetsuosaito #2026lowerhouseelection

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has energized voters and strengthened the LDP ahead of a snap election, but her inexperience and ties to the Shinzo Abe faction pose risks for governance and public trust. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2026/02/06/takaichi-ldp-poised-for-big-win/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jip #cra #cdp #komeito #shinzoabe #shigeruishiba #upperhouse #lowerhouse #2026lowerhouseelection

Former Prime Minister Taro Aso, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday dismissed the party's past electoral cooperation with its former coalition partner, Komeito, as "nonsense." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/politics/japan-aso-blasts-komeito/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #taroaso #ldp #komeito #cra #osaka

The new opposition centrist force that was supposed to upend Japan’s political calculus isn’t gaining any ground. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/04/japan/how-unpredictable-is-the-snap-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #cdp #komeito #cra #dpp #sanseito #jip #china #us #indopacific #eastasia #senkakus #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection #nipponishinnokai #diet

Koichi Hagiuda, an LDP executive who is running in the Tokyo No. 24 constituency, is seeking to fully re-emerge from the party's high-profile slush fund scandal with an election victory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/04/japan/politics/lower-house-election-tokyo-koichi-hagiuda/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #koichihagiuda #ldp #politicalfunds #tokyo #komeito #hachioji

Japan’s Feb. 8 snap election will test whether Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the LDP can rebuild a Lower House majority by reclaiming conservative and independent voters as it faces a fragmented opposition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/03/japan/conservative-voters-returning-to-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cdpj #komeito #cra #jip #dpp #sanseito #sokagakkai #rengo #shinzoabe

Electoral candidates in a Hokkaido district are braving the cold to get their messages out before the Feb. 8 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/politics/hokkaido-4-election/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cra #ldp #sanseito #cdp #komeito #hokkaido #2026lowerhouseelection #sanaetakaichi #nuclearenergy #energy #restarts

Japan’s Feb. 8 snap election is less about short-term politics than a pivotal choice among competing coalition paths that will determine whether the country can adapt its domestic politics to shifting voter behavior. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/03/japan/where-japan-goes-from-here/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #ldp #jip #cdp #komeito #cra #dpp #sanseito #china #unitedstates #indopacific #eastasia #senkakuislands #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection

Despite being coalition partners, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party are facing off against each other in all 19 single-seat constituencies of Osaka Prefecture in Sunday’s general election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/politics/japan-lower-house-election-osaka-ldp-jip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #2026lowerhouseelection #osaka #ldp #jip #komeito