<figure id="attachment_427765" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-427765" style="width: 1791px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ace56626"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/06/5c97a51a705b3c07451bf59688a7a8e9.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-427765" class="wp-caption-text">Shinji Ishimaru has launched a new party, &#8220;Path of Rebirth,&#8221; in preparation for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2> The party&#8217;s only policy is &#8220;to limit the number of terms of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members to two terms of eight years.</h2>
 The momentum of Shinji Ishimaru, 42, who created a whirlwind in last year&#8217;s Tokyo gubernatorial election, is beginning to wane.
 Ishimaru has launched a regional political party, &#8220;Rebuilding Path,&#8221; in preparation for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election to be held on June 22. He believes that if he can gain ground in the Tokyo metropolitan area, he will be able to exert a certain influence not only in Tokyo but also in national politics. According to a reporter in charge of politics for a national newspaper
 Mr. Ishimaru is not the type of person who starts out as a member of the Diet and then goes to work as a ragpicker. He must have decided to use the influence he gained from the 1.65 million votes he received in the Tokyo gubernatorial election to win the election.
 If he wins a certain number of seats in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, Governor Koike will not be able to ignore him. If that happens, he will be able to become deeply involved in Tokyo politics.
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 Ishimaru&#8217;s new party, &#8220;The Path of Rebirth,&#8221; was launched with such a blueprint in mind, but even though it is two weeks before the election, Ishimaru has not made a big splash, although he has made some speeches in the streets. He is also actively disseminating his message on YouTube and other media, but it is no longer resonating as it used to.
 As of April, the party had fielded 45 candidates for 36 of the 42 electoral districts (127 seats), but five declined.
 The party&#8217;s only policy is to limit the number of terms on the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to two terms of eight years.
 The only policy of the party is &#8220;to limit the term of office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly to two terms of eight years. Other than that, each candidate has developed his or her own policy. This, too, is a new kind of election campaign. &#8230;&#8230;
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 In a word, the &#8220;Road to Rebirth&#8221; is a party that relies on &#8220;Shinji Ishimaru. Ishimaru himself has decided not to run for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. I wonder if that will be enough to penetrate the public.
 said a reporter in charge of politics at a sports newspaper.
 The LDP&#8217;s own survey of the situation in April and May clearly shows that he is struggling. As of this moment, the number of seats that the &#8220;Path of Renewal&#8221; candidate is expected to win is, as expected, &#8220;zero.
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Among the 36 electoral districts that fielded candidates, only Meguro Ward (with a 3-member constituency), Ota Ward (with a 7-member constituency), Setagaya Ward (with a 8-member constituency), and Edogawa Ward (with a 5-member constituency) still seem to have hope. The rest are far behind the candidates of other parties.
 Of course, there is a possibility that the situation could change quickly from here, given the 20-30% of voters who have not yet decided where to vote. Still, the other parties, who had been wary of &#8220;The Path of Renewal,&#8221; were not so sure.
 &#8220;So that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s going to be.
 and &#8220;This is how it&#8217;s going to be.
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 As to the reason for the disappointment, a TV station official said, &#8220;Last year&#8217;s Tokyo gubernatorial election was the so-called &#8216;Tokyo gubernatorial election.
 Last year&#8217;s gubernatorial election was a so-called &#8220;surprise operation. In the early stages of the campaign, he was regarded as a bubble candidate, but his campaign, which made full use of social networking services, attracted attention, and his criticism of vested interests and the media led to an explosion of support, especially among young people. Can this movement be revived? It is difficult to say. The so-called &#8220;habituation&#8221; to Mr. Ishimaru has developed,&#8221; he points out.
 He points out, &#8220;We have become accustomed to Mr. Ishimaru.
<h2> The reaction of the &#8220;old media,&#8221; on which Mr. Ishimaru relies, is</h2>
 His words and actions after the Tokyo gubernatorial election, as well as his accusations related to the Public Election Law and his own court case, must have had some impact on his image.
 The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election was announced on June 13. As one would expect, Ishimaru will take to the streets on the first day, but the party&#8217;s candidate has asked him, &#8220;How many speeches will you make in support of me during the election period?
 I wonder how many support speeches he will make during the campaign.
 &#8220;I thought Mr. Ishimaru would lead the way, but he didn&#8217;t.&#8221;
 The TV station staffer mentioned above also voiced his concern and confusion.
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 In addition, the TV station official mentioned above said, &#8220;Mr. Ishimaru has come to this point, and I am not so sure.
 Ishimaru seems to be hoping for the &#8220;power of the old media,&#8221; which he has criticized so much, but there are many media outlets, especially TV Asahi, that dislike him. It will not be like the Tokyo gubernatorial election. It will be interesting to see how he will look on the day of the election.
 He said, &#8220;I am expecting a &#8220;eye of a typhoon.
 He was supposed to be the &#8220;eye of the typhoon,&#8221; but will he end up not even being able to create wind? &#8230;&#8230; All eyes will be on Ishimaru&#8217;s ability from here on out.

 Takayuki Ogawauchi

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