<figure id="attachment_443824" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-443824" style="width: 3092px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="cd3d74cc"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/10/b7b9744977da3436f592e466db84e1d7.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-443824" class="wp-caption-text">Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left), who held on to the prime minister&#8217;s seat even though New Komeito left the party, and KDP Representative Yuichiro Tamaki, who &#8220;didn&#8217;t get it.</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Mr. Tamaki was pure.</h2>
 On October 21, when Sanae Takaichi, 64, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the first female prime minister in the history of constitutional government, Yuichiro Tamaki, 56, leader of the People&#8217;s Democratic Party, made a street speech at SL Plaza in front of JR Shimbashi Station and exclaimed, &#8220;I am not blurred!
 I am not blinkered!
 Criticize me a lot!&#8221;
 Tamaki was once considered &#8220;the next prime minister&#8221; due to the political situation caused by the withdrawal of the New Kōmeitō Party from the coalition, but he was &#8220;outmaneuvered&#8221; by The Japan Innovation Party, and now he is treated as a man who &#8220;failed to win the day. The Internet has coined terms such as &#8220;Tamakiru&#8221; to describe his indecisive stance.
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 Still, Mr. Tamaki looks forward. In his street speeches, he says
 In his street speeches, he asks, &#8220;What is best for everyone? I will work with a political party that can provide the best answer together. That partner may change from time to time. Some may say that is blurring the lines, but I am not blurring the lines!&#8221;
 He vehemently disagreed. He then added
 If you are going to criticize, criticize a lot!　If it makes everyone&#8217;s life better, then I will accept the criticism with open arms.
 He exclaimed.
 Tamaki made his speech at SL Plaza, where he had made many street speeches.
 I&#8217;d like to go back to the basics once more,&#8221; he said. I came here while saying to Mr. Haruha (Gatsuya, Secretary General), &#8220;I will never forget my original intention. I will never forget my original intention, and I will continue to work hard together with my colleagues.
 Mr. Tamaki said emphatically.
 Mr. Tamaki demanded that his &#8220;partners&#8221; be consistent in their policies until the end of the meeting.
 He also asked the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which has different views on the interpretation of the Constitution, nuclear power plants, and national security, but as expected, the talks broke down. In the meantime, the DPJ and the Liberal Democratic Party had moved rapidly toward each other, and before he knew it, a coalition government had been formed. He said.
 He grumbled, &#8220;It&#8217;s a pity for us that we were treated like dupes by the Restoration Party.
 But the disappointment of his supporters was too great. The supporters were very disappointed, and criticism was also leveled at him.
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 One Nagata-cho insider asked Tamaki, &#8220;In a word, I think Tamaki is a good candidate,
 In a word, Mr. Tamaki was still green and pure. It is right to seek policy consensus in important areas with the partner you are going to work with. However, that alone is not enough to compete in Nagata-cho. Look at the Restoration Movement. A party that has been cutting costs by &#8220;cutting its own throat,&#8221; is now teaming up with the LDP, which has been in hot water over the slush fund issue. It should be a strange situation if the two parties are not water and oil. &#8230;&#8230; Mr. Tamaki has no choice but to keep on trying, believing that &#8220;his turn will come around again.
 He also revealed his &#8220;fear&#8221; of the political world.
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<h2>Gasoline tax cuts and growth strategies covered by the Takaichi administration.</h2>
 Nevertheless, it is also true that Tamaki&#8217;s momentum is beginning to wane. Some have compared him to Shinji Ishimaru, 43, who made a splash in last year&#8217;s gubernatorial election in Tokyo.
 The passion is similar,&#8221; said one. The KDP&#8217;s catchphrase, &#8216;increase your take-home pay,&#8217; was popular, and they quickly expanded their support. As the party&#8217;s popularity grew, the number of journalists assigned to it, which had previously been small, increased rapidly. In the political scene after Tamaki&#8217;s departure from Komei, the media swarmed wherever he went. He may have been enjoying himself, worrying about how he looked on camera,&#8221; said a reporter in charge of politics for a national newspaper.
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 The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that an emergency nationwide poll conducted on October 21-22 showed a 4% drop in support for the KDP to 5%. The KDP&#8217;s hesitation to &#8220;take the prime minister&#8217;s seat&#8221; has resulted in a drop in support of the party by almost half.
 Political commentator Harumi Arima also has a harsh view of the situation. In an interview with this site, he said
 I can&#8217;t say that he will stall, but the public has a harsh opinion of Mr. Tamaki, who failed to make a decision when he had the chance. When you have been a political party for a long time, there will be occasions when your caliber is questioned, and if you do not agree, you will lose support. This time, the KDP had a chance to raise the bar, but it was said that it was because Mr. Tamaki lacked confidence, and his supporters thought, &#8220;Oh, really? It is very difficult to regain support when the public is disappointed, tired of the party, and has given up on it.
 He said, &#8220;The only way to regain the support of the public is to make a comeback.
 The only way to achieve a comeback is to create a whirlwind in the next lower house election and gain a significant number of seats in the Diet. The KDP and the Takaichi administration have many overlapping issues, such as gasoline tax cuts and growth strategies, but it is unlikely that they will be able to say, &#8220;Join us! When we spoke to a KDP official, he said,
 As Representative Tamaki said, we will cooperate with the Takaichi administration on a policy-by-policy basis. First of all, we will make a strong appeal for raising the &#8220;annual income barrier&#8221; that the party has set forth. At the same time, we must select candidates for the next election. Although there are rumors of a dissolution of the lower house after the new year, the next lower house election will require at least 51 seats that will allow the party to submit bills involving the budget or a no-confidence motion in the cabinet on its own. The number of votes for proportional representation is targeted at 9 million, 1.5 times the number of votes received in the previous election. If we can achieve that, the tide will turn again.
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