TL;DR Collapse of 26 year coaltion between LDP and Komeito left newly elected LDP president Sane Takaichi into a turmoil. Takaichi was expected to be the first woman prime minister but her decision to appoint Koichi Hagiuda, a senior figure from the former Abe faction whose secretary had been fined for violating the Political Funds Control Act, angered Komeito’s Soka Gakkai supporters. Takaichi tried to prevent the breakup by consulting former prime ministers Kishida and Suga but to no avail. Komeito formally announced its withdrawal ending electoral cooperation.
The dissolution has reshaped Japan’s political landscape that has been governed by LDP. LDP alone do not have enough votes to elect a prime minister. If Constitutional Democratic Party, Democratic Party for the People (DPP), and Japan Innovation Party unite, they would outnumber the LDP. DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki is emerging as a potential prime minister if they do unite but everything remains uncertain yet.
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