Kenta Izumi tried to shed the “whiny” image of his Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan by making 17 policy proposals in the Diet and scrapping parliamentary strategy meetings with other opposition parties.
Kenta Izumi shook up the leadership lineup of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan on Dec. 6 by appointing an equal number of men and women to its executive board.
A number of lawmakers appear willing to tackle the formidable task of turning around the fortunes of the long-struggling Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party suffered a setback on Oct. 24 when its candidate lost in the Upper House by-election in Shizuoka Prefecture, despite earlier reports that put him comfortably in the lead.
Labor unions are moving away from their normal political allies in the current Lower House election over policy disagreements about how the nation should proceed with nuclear power generation.