Japan’s Opposition Party Names New Leader After Electoral Setback
The Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) chose 54-year-old Junya Ogawa as its leader ahead of a special parliamentary session next week, which will select the country’s next prime minister following a landslide win by the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Ogawa previously served as secretary general of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ).
The CRA was established in January, merging members from CDPJ and Komeito in the lower house just weeks before the snap elections. However, the party faced a major setback, losing over half of the 167 seats it previously held.
The election defeat led co-leaders Yoshihiko Noda, former head of the CDPJ, and Tetsuo Saito, former Komeito leader, to resign and accept responsibility for the loss.
Ogawa will serve as CRA’s leader until the end of March next year. Meanwhile, Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party captured a two-thirds majority in the 465-member parliament.
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