<figure id="attachment_455679" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-455679" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="86f14cad"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/01/c7f5e13ae45248a35df464cf7dff8aec.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-455679" class="wp-caption-text">The &#8220;Sangseito&#8221; is sure to gain seats in the House of Representatives in the upcoming election. What is Representative Kamiya&#8217;s ambition? &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Competition with the Liberal Democratic Party for votes.</h2>
 The key to the ultra-short lower house election (to be held on February 8) will likely be the Kansei Party, which continues to make great strides in every election.
 When the dissolution of the LDP was decided, Sohei Kamiya, 48, promised to back up Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, 64, with whom he has many principles in common. At the same time, he also declared a so-called &#8220;liberal hunt,&#8221; in which he would field opposing candidates in the electoral districts of liberal members of the LDP.
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 The party&#8217;s allies have fielded candidates in a record number of 182 constituencies. This is the third largest number following the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the Coalition for Reform of the Middle Way. In the midst of all this, a number of people, mainly on social networking sites, said they were rooting for Mr. Takaichi,
 &#8220;Kamiya is a liar, even though he said he would support Mr. Takaichi.
 The &#8220;Sangseito&#8221; party is a liberal party. The Sangen-tei party is running candidates not only in the liberal camp, but also in conservative areas where LDP candidates are strong, which may lead to a &#8220;vote competition with the LDP,&#8221; which in turn may &#8220;indirectly assist&#8221; liberal parties such as the Chudo Reform Coalition. The &#8220;Takamichi support hagiography&#8221; is a &#8220;misguided attempt to support Takamichi.
 In response to the situation being derided as a &#8220;heron supporting Takaichi,&#8221; Mr. Kamiya posted the following message on his own website on January 25,
 There are false rumors being spread, and some people in the party are also making false statements, so I will explain in detail.
 and post. Regarding Prime Minister Koichi&#8217;s policies,
 I can support 40%, but not 60%,&#8221; he claimed.
 The reason for this is that the party&#8217;s upper house of parliament has been working on immigration. The reason for this is the immigration issue that the Sanghoi party is working on, and the Takaichi administration
 The reason for this is the immigration issue being addressed by the Councilor&#8217;s Party.
 The reason for this is the issue of immigration, which is being tackled by the Councilor&#8217;s Party. He then added
 I don&#8217;t intend to make the LDP increase its seats significantly, but I want to monitor and exert pressure from the outside to make sure that the Upper House firmly increases its seats, and that what Mr. Takaichi has been saying is carried out in the way the people want it to be.
 He continued.
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<h2>Why &#8220;the wind is not blowing&#8221; as fast as in the Upper House election</h2>
 Mr. Kamiya had hoped that Prime Minister Takaichi would overhaul the immigration issue, but he was disappointed by the Takaichi administration&#8217;s cabinet decision to accept more immigrants,
 &#8220;If that&#8217;s the case, I think we have no choice but to go toe-to-toe with him.
 &#8220;Even if Mr. Takaichi is our opponent, we have no choice but to fight him tooth and nail,&#8221; he said, effectively declaring war on the issue.
 In effect, he is declaring war.
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 A reporter in charge of politics at a national newspaper commented on Kamiya&#8217;s &#8220;change of course,
 One reason is that the number of candidates for the Upper House has increased more than expected, and it has become difficult for the party to deny candidates from running in the constituencies of certain conservative Diet members just because they support Mr. Takaichi&#8217;s party. The other is the raison d&#8217;etre of the Upper House Party.
 In the last election, conservative voters in the LDP who were fed up with former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who had leaned toward the liberal side, flowed to the Sangen party. It would be a problem if they return now that Takaichi has become prime minister. They would probably rather show the party&#8217;s strength here, so that they can hold the casting vote after the election.
 This is the most difficult election to predict. No other election is as difficult to predict as this one. Prime Minister Takaichi&#8217;s approval rating plummeted 10% after the dissolution of the Diet. The newly created centrist party has also had a tremendous impact on the political scene, but its approval rating by party is also lower than that of the Restoration Party and the People&#8217;s Democratic Party of Japan.
 Political commentator Harumi Arima told this website,
 At first, there were some who predicted that the Upper House would have 30 seats, but I think it will be 15 to 20 seats. One reason is that the media coverage of this election has been dominated by the &#8220;LDP vs. the center-right&#8221; image, and the KDP as well as the Sangseito have been buried in the news. As a result, the election is not as vigorous as last year&#8217;s Upper House election, and the number of independents who had voted for the Upper House may decrease.
 He analyzes. Nevertheless, the SANPOI is one step ahead of the other parties in terms of the social networking strategies they are focusing on. In the election for governor of Fukui Prefecture following the resignation of the previous governor, independent newcomer Ishida Takato (35), a former Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, won his first election after Kamiya came to his aid in the latter half of the election campaign.
 According to the preliminary results, former Echizen City Mayor Kenichi Yamada, who received support from the LDP Prefectural Federation, The Japan Innovation Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party, and the New Komeito Party, as well as over 700 organizations, had the advantage, but Ishida, who made full use of social networking services, was in hot pursuit and overtook him in the end.
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 The result was a shock even in Nagatacho. In local elections, the usual strategy is to win over groups and unions and overwhelm them with organizational votes, but this is no longer the case. The influence of the old media has declined, and instead, social networking strategies have become more important,&#8221; said a political insider.
 The Sangseito has been conducting a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the election. The initial goal was 30 million yen, but it easily surpassed the goal and was revised upward to 100 million yen. Depending on the amount, those who donate will receive &#8220;limited stickers for the Sangseito Fest,&#8221; &#8220;special tote bags,&#8221; and &#8220;Sangseito&#8217;s words,&#8221; and for the highest donation of 2 million yen, they will receive &#8220;the right to host a lecture&#8221; by Kamiya.
 Kamiya is good at retaining supporters. Recently, some people from other industries have switched careers to work for the Sangyo-kai,&#8221; he said. It is a behind-the-scenes job, but they seem to get a decent monthly salary.
 The Sangseito is sure to increase its power from the three seats it held before the dissolution of the Diet. The only thing that is certain is that the election campaign is becoming more and more confusing due to the &#8220;ambitious&#8221; challenge.

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