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2025 October 8 - 14 TOP3 [POLITICS]

Komei Party withdraws from coalition government with LDP

The Komei Party has announced its withdrawal from the coalition government with the Liberal Democratic Party.

The LDP-Komei coalition government, which has forced through numerous harmful laws and cabinet decisions based on its majority power in the Diet for 26 years since 1999, has collapsed. During this period, the coalition has bulldozed through the national security-related legislation in order to turn Japan into a war-capable nation, raised the consumption tax rate, and adversely reformed the social security system.

Japanese Communist Party Executive Committee Chair Tamura Tomoko, at a press conference held in the Diet building on October 10, said, “Alongside the LDP, the Komei Party has implemented many adverse policies. Even the Komei Party is now saying it can no longer remain in the coalition. This shows just how far the LDP’s corruption and deterioration have progressed, bringing it very close to complete collapse.”

Tamura noted that Komei leader Saito Tetsuo cited the LDP’s “politics and money” allegations as the direct cause of its secession from the coalition. She continued, “It was the Akahata scoop that first revealed the LDP’s slush-fund scandal, and our party has since pursued the issues of politics and money concretely in the Diet and the Akahata.”

She expressed her determination, stating, “We will devote all our efforts to ending LDP politics and strive to forge a new political direction.”