Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended a New Year gathering of Japan’s largest labor organization, a move that political pundits viewed as an attempt to drive a wedge between opposition parties in the lead-up to the Upper House election this summer.
Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) called on the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan to merge with the Democratic Party for the People and cut ties with the Japanese Communist Party.
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.
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