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<h2> Mr. Tamaki said, &#8220;It is spring in my world.</h2>
<p> In the recent general election, the LDP suffered a crushing defeat, losing 56 seats to 191. Although the LDP maintained its position as the top party, it was unable to maintain its majority in the Diet with the Liberal Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party, and is expected to face a difficult situation in the Diet. Within the LDP, there are daily discussions on a new framework to see if The Japan Innovation Party and the People&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which have cooperated in submitting bills, can be incorporated into a coalition government.</p>
<p> Meanwhile, in the opposition camp, with a change of government in sight, the Rikken Democratic Party of Japan, the largest opposition party, is sending autumn waves to the Restoration Association and the People&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan.</p>
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<p> The Restoration Association and the People&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan are receiving love calls from both the LDP and the Rikken Democratic Party in an effort to manipulate the majority party. A member of the LDP&#8217;s upper house of the Diet said, &#8220;The National Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is trying to win a majority in the election.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The KDP has made great strides with 28 seats, four times the number it had before the announcement of the election. If they can win over the ruling party, they will immediately gain a majority in the upper house. Yuichiro Tamaki, 55, the leader of the LDP, has not ruled out the possibility of a &#8220;partial coalition,&#8221; in which the parties would work together on a policy-by-policy basis. He may be negotiating with the National Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) for the post of committee chairman in next year&#8217;s ordinary Diet session.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The Restoration Association lost seats in the general election, and the party is shaken by the possibility that the issue of the retirement of its representative, Baba Nobuyuki (59), will become an issue. In addition, the rift between the two parties has deepened since they went head-to-head with Komeito in the Osaka electoral district and won a landslide victory. If one were to incorporate a party from the opposition into a coalition government, the National Democratic Party of Japan would be the only choice.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> Representative Tamaki has made the iridescent statement, &#8220;We will cooperate with good policies,&#8221; and at this point he has not clarified his attitude toward joining the coalition. Whether the KDP will form an &#8220;LDP government&#8221; or a &#8220;non-LDP government&#8221; is being closely watched.</p>
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<h2> A Key Player in &#8220;Rallying Opposition Forces</h2>
<p> On October 31, the LDP and the KDP agreed to proceed with discussions on individual bills. The LDP is planning to get through the special Diet session to be convened on November 11 with the cooperation of the KDP.</p>
<p> The LDP is planning to get through the special Diet session to be convened on November 11 with the cooperation of the KDP. Although it maintained its comparative first-party position, it fell short of a majority. The Japan New Party and the New Party Sakigake took over the casting vote, but both parties sided with the non-LDP and an eight-party coalition government was formed.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The birth of Hosokawa&#8217;s coalition government was based on the public&#8217;s anger over the &#8220;politics and money&#8221; problem stemming from the 1988 recruiting scandal. This time, too, the people have lost confidence in the government over the issue of slush funds, or in other words, politics and money. Incidentally, during the change of government in 1993, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru (67) and former Minister of Economic Security Takaichi Sanae (63) left the Liberal Democratic Party and moved to the ruling party.</span></p>
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<p> The November special session of the Diet is expected to be a rough one from the outset. In the midst of this situation, there is a &#8220;strong-armed politician&#8221; who is playing a dark role. That man is Ichiro Ozawa (82).</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> We have heard that Mr. Ozawa is playing a dark role in the run-up to the special Diet session. It is said that Ozawa is planning to have the opposition parties unite in writing down the name of Tamaki, the leader of the National Democratic Party of Japan (NDP), in the nomination election for the prime minister of the special Diet session. &#8230;&#8230; Ozawa then lobbied the Japan New Party and the New Party of Japan (NPP), which had the casting vote, to install former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (86) as the leader of a minority party, thus bringing about a change in the government. Once again, they are trying to rally opposition forces by bringing up the leader of a minority party,&#8221; said a mid-level Diet member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.</span></p>
<p> Although each opposition party has its own family situation, they are calling for a rally with the single goal of bringing the LDP to power.</p>
<p> According to a desk calculation, the DPJ has 148 seats, the Restoration Association 38 seats, the KDP 28 seats, the Communist Party 8 seats, and the Social Democratic Party 1 seat, for a total of 223 seats. The majority is 233 seats, with 10 seats remaining. This figure is not impossible to achieve by recruiting independent members in addition to Reiwa&#8217;s nine seats.</p>
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<h2> A direct interview with Representative Tamaki: &#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The Hosokawa administration of 31 years ago, no one expected a grand coalition of eight factions, but Ozawa pulled it all together with his skill, ending the 38-year era of single-party LDP rule. If we can use the nomination of a leader properly, we are in a situation where a change of government can take place,&#8221; said Kakutani.</span></p>
<p> Is the &#8220;manipulation&#8221; before the special Diet session true? When we asked Ozawa&#8217;s office about it, they denied the allegations.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The current position of acting head of the general election campaign headquarters is only for the election period. If he had the title of secretary general or acting representative, he would have nothing. He has nothing. He can&#8217;t approach other parties.</span></p>
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<p> When we asked Takashi Endo, 56, a member of the House of Representatives who serves as chairman of the Japan Innovation Party&#8217;s national opposition committee, about the possibility of a joint opposition party fight in the leadership nomination election, he denied it, saying, &#8220;I have not heard anything about that at all.</p>
<p> When we asked Tamaki himself, who holds the casting vote, on the afternoon of October 30, his previously cheerful expression clouded and he crossed his index fingers on both hands,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I can&#8217;t talk to you about it.</span></p>
<p> I can&#8217;t talk about it,&#8221; he said. His answer was most meaningful. Hiroshi Ohgushi, 59, a member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the election campaign committee of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), said, &#8220;If you look at the results of the election, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is the only party that can win.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Looking at the results of this election, the will of the people has turned &#8220;no&#8221; to the Ishiba administration. In order to reflect the voice of public opinion, we are focusing on rallying the opposition parties, centering on the largest opposition party, Noda (Yoshihiko, 67). We are asking each opposition party to cooperate in this way in the prime ministerial nomination election as well.</span></p>
<p> With only a few days left before the prime ministerial nomination election, there is a good chance of an &#8220;unexpected change of government&#8221; depending on the negotiations behind the scenes.</p>
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 Daisuke Iwasaki

 Kyodo News (1st and 2nd photos) Daisuke Iwasaki (3rd photo)

 The KDP has greatly increased its number of seats in the House of Representatives election. While both the ruling and opposition parties are eager to capture more seats, a "stalwart lawmaker" who brought about a change of government 31 years ago is said to be working to unify the opposition parties.

The names of the &#8220;hard-working&#8221; lawmakers behind KMT Representative Tamaki, who is enjoying &#8220;the spring of our times&#8221; by expanding his party&#8217;s popularity.

The names of the “hard-working” lawmakers behind KMT Representative Tamaki, who is enjoying “the spring of our times” by expanding his party’s popularity.

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