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<h2> National Health Insurance Evasion&#8221; by Restoration Council Members</h2>
 More than two weeks have passed since the House of Representatives election, in which a whirlwind of publicity swept through the House of Representatives.
 The LDP, which has swelled to 316 seats in the House of Representatives, has a tremendous influence, and the question is now &#8220;LDP or no LDP.
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 The Japan Innovation Party, which has formed a coalition with the LDP, is in a floating position in this situation.
 In the recent lower house election, it won 36 seats, up from 34 before the announcement of the election. This is a respectable result, but with the LDP holding more than a majority in the lower house, the &#8220;wifely&#8221; Japan Restoration Association&#8217;s ability to communicate its position is limited.
 Some observers believe that the lower house election will be a good opportunity for the &#8220;Restoration&#8221; to make a name for itself.
 Some people are saying, &#8220;The Restoration Party is no longer needed. Will they be cut off?&#8221;
 Fortunately, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (64) has announced that she will continue to maintain the coalition with the Restoration Association.
 He said, &#8220;As expected, we can&#8217;t be so tactless as to cut off the Restoration Association just because we won the election. However, the presence of the Restoration Association has certainly diminished because of the LDP&#8217;s big victory,&#8221; said a source in the political world.
 A source in the political world said, &#8220;The Restoration has a long-cherished wish.
 The Restoration Association has a long-cherished wish: the &#8220;Osaka Metropolis Plan,&#8221; which it has proposed three times in the past.
 Twice in the past, the party has put the idea to a referendum, but both times the referendum was rejected. At that time, Hirofumi Yoshimura, 50, said at a press conference
 &#8220;As a politician, I will never challenge the Osaka Metropolis plan again,&#8221; he declared at a press conference.
 At the time, Hirofumi Yoshimura, 50, declared at a press conference that &#8220;as a politician, I will never challenge the Osaka metropolitan government concept again. Despite this, he is now making a &#8220;third time&#8217;s the charm&#8221; and is working to make it a reality.
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 On the day of the opening of the election for the House of Representatives in Osaka, a double election was held to rerun the Osaka metropolitan government under the &#8220;Osaka metropolitan government&#8221; concept. The two candidates running were Yoshimura and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama (44). But the opposition parties were not willing to go along with the farce.
 &#8220;We will not go along with this farce.
 The LDP, however, did not enter the race. As a result, Yoshimura and Yokoyama were reelected, but the election results were also unusual in that more than 10% of the voters cast blank ballots.
 The blank ballots can be considered a silent protest by the voters. In the House of Representatives election, many people shouted at the speeches of the Ishin candidates, &#8220;Stop the metropolitan planning! were often shouted at the speeches of the Ishin candidates in the Lower House election. The election campaign was different from the usual one, partly because of the &#8220;National Health Insurance evasion&#8221; of the Ishin Diet members. The secretary of one Restoration Diet member was shocked and said, &#8220;I have never been complained so much when I stood on the streets.
 After the Lower House election, all members of the Restoration Association voted on whether or not to hold a representative election. Prior to the vote, Yoshimura had indicated that he would resign from his post if a majority of the members voted to hold a representative election, claiming that such a vote would effectively be a vote of no confidence in him.
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<h2> The Osaka 19th Constituency was lost to Tomu Tanigawa of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).</h2>
 The result was 102 votes in favor of Yoshimura and 619 votes against.
 The 102 &#8220;yes&#8221; votes were against Yoshimura and the rest of the executive committee. It is reasonable to assume that the 102 votes in favor were votes against Mr. Yoshimura and the other members of the executive branch, which had arbitrarily decided on the Osaka Metropolis metropolitan reform plan, as well as negative opinions about the metropolitan reform plan itself.
 Even so, the Osaka Restoration Association has no choice but to move forward with the Osaka Metropolis Initiative. It was recently reported that Yoshimura is considering challenging the national government with the Osaka metropolitan government plan as a souvenir once the plan is approved.
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 In response, Toru Hashimoto, 56, one of the founders of the party, appeared on the January 29 broadcast of &#8220;Shunkan Live Totto! (Fuji Television Network) on January 29.
 Everything seems to be going according to the scenario.
 He grinned, &#8220;Everything seems to be going according to the scenario. The &#8220;Osaka group&#8221; of Restoration Party members who support Yoshimura said, &#8220;First of all, we have to make the LDP a minority ruling party.
 The first step is to force the LDP into a minority ruling party. If we can force the LDP into a minority ruling party, the value of the Restoration Party will increase, and then we will form a &#8220;coalition. We will form a coalition and send out a minister. （After the referendum (on the Osaka Metropolis plan), Mr. Yoshimura will go to the national government and further expand the Restoration Party, which he has served as a minister.
 In response to this, political commentator Haruhiko Arima said, &#8220;I was thinking of doing something like this.
 Political commentator Harumi Arima responded to this in an interview with this website,
 Mr. Yoshimura probably has a strong desire to realize the Osaka Metropolis plan as a legacy of what Mr. Hashimoto and Mr. Ichiro Matsui (62) failed to do. However, the atmosphere in Osaka is not necessarily &#8220;go. I hear people saying, &#8216;We rejected it twice, but we&#8217;re still going to do it? There is a view that it is difficult to realize the metropolitan plan at this point.
 He points out.
 This is where Prime Minister Takaichi comes in.
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 As mentioned earlier, the Lower House election was a whirlwind. In Osaka, the LDP and the Restoration Party competed in some electoral districts, and this time the Restoration Party barely won 18 out of 19 electoral districts. However, this was due in large part to the fact that Prime Minister Takaichi did not go to Osaka to support the LDP candidate, out of consideration for the Ishin side. According to a Restoration official interviewed by this website,
 According to a Restoration official interviewed by this website, &#8220;The Osaka 19th Constituency was lost to Tomu Tanigawa of the Liberal Democratic Party, ending the myth that the party had won the entire election for the first time in nine years. I shudder to think of &#8230;&#8230; if Prime Minister Takaichi had come to Osaka. Conversely, if Prime Minister Takaichi gets on board with the Osaka Metropolis plan, the tide could turn. The executive committee of the Restoration Association is desperate to carry out Prime Minister Takaichi.
 The Restoration executive committee is desperate to carry out the plan,&#8221; he revealed.
 It is reported that Takaichi has long had a certain understanding of the Osaka Metropolis concept. The Restoration Association&#8217;s long-cherished wish may depend on another &#8220;Takaichi whirlwind.

 Takeshi Kinugawa

 The LDP won the House of Representatives election. In such a situation, The Japan Innovation Party, which forms a coalition with the LDP, is seen by some as having lost some of its value. However, Yoshimura, the leader of the Japan Restoration Party, is eager to develop a "metropolitan government" for his hometown of Osaka. ......

The &#8220;Osaka Metropolis Plan&#8221; that Representative Hirofumi Yoshimura of &#8220;Ishin&#8221; wants to realize by any means possible, and the &#8220;Takaichi whirlwind&#8221; is the key to success.

The “Osaka Metropolis Plan” that Representative Hirofumi Yoshimura of “Ishin” wants to realize by any means possible, and the “Takaichi whirlwind” is the key to success.

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