Mitsunari Okamoto is elected as Komeito representative and a new executive committee is established.

The Komeito Party held its regular party convention in Tokyo on the 3rd, and elected Mitsunari Okamoto (61), a member of the Tokyo bloc for proportional representation in the House of Representatives, as its representative, and inaugurated a new executive committee. Following the failure of a three-party merger with the Centrist Reform Alliance and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the party will rebuild its party in preparation for next spring's unified local elections and the 2028 House of Councilors election.

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At the party convention, Mr. Okamoto called on the party to ``develop with all our might to realize centrist politics in which everyone can have peace of mind and hope.'' ``This is the day of departure for the new Komei. Let's put unity first and fight with all our might,'' he said, calling for unity. The goal was to have all candidates elected in a unified election.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has criticized the temporary consumption tax cut on food items, calling it ``inefficient as a measure against rising prices.'' The prime minister's idea of ​​revising the Three Non-Nuclear Principles was condemned as ``contrary to the path we have taken since the war.''

Mr. Okamoto comes from the financial world and has been elected to the House of Representatives six times. Before forming the Chudo Party, he served as the chairman of the Komeito Policy Research Institute, and was also the chairman of the Policy Research Institute at the Chudo Party. The term of office is two years.