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Nippon Ishin elects Osaka gov. Yoshimura as leader

Nippon Ishin held its first leadership poll since August 2022. (AFP)
Nippon Ishin held its first leadership poll since August 2022. (AFP)
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01 Dec 2024 08:12:10 GMT9
01 Dec 2024 08:12:10 GMT9

OSAKA: Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) elected Osaka Governor YOSHIMURA Hirofumi, 49, as its new leader at a party convention in the western city of Osaka on Sunday.

Yoshimura, currently co-leader of Nippon Ishin, aims to strengthen the party ahead of next summer’s election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan’s parliament, after losing the general election for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, in October this year.

Nippon Ishin held its first leadership poll since August 2022. Yoshimura will succeed current leader BABA Nobuyuki, who decided to step down after the Lower House election.

About 26,000 party members who met preset criteria, including lawmakers, participated in the party vote.

In the Lower House election, Nippon Ishin saw its seats decrease by five to 38. The number of proportional representation votes it received fell by about 3 million to 5 million.

Following the defeat, party members voted to hold a leadership election. Soon after that, Baba said he would not run.

After the party race, Yoshimura expressed his intent to name Lower House lawmaker MAEHARA Seiji as co-leader. The party’s charter allows its leader to appoint a co-leader.

The remaining candidates in the party poll were Lower House lawmaker KANEMURA Ryuna, 45, Lower House member SORAMOTO Seiki, 60, and Upper House lawmaker MATSUZAWA Shigefumi, 66.

JIJI Press

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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