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Opposition party Nippon Ishin no Kai elected Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, 49, as its new chief at a party conference in Osaka on Sunday.
Yoshimura, presently co-leader of Nippon Ishin, goals to strengthen the party forward of subsequent summer season’s election for the House of Councilors, the higher chamber of Japan’s parliament, after dropping the final election for the House of Representatives, the decrease chamber, in October this 12 months.
Nippon Ishin held its first management ballot since August 2022. Yoshimura will succeed present chief Nobuyuki Baba, who determined to step down after the Lower House election.
About 26,000 party members who met preset standards, together with lawmakers, participated within the party vote.
In the Lower House election, Nippon Ishin noticed its seats lower by 5 to 38. The variety of proportional illustration votes it obtained fell by about 3 million to five million.
Following the defeat, party members voted to carry a management election. Soon after that, Baba stated he wouldn’t run.
After the party race, Yoshimura expressed his intent to call Lower House lawmaker Seiji Maehara as co-leader. The party’s constitution permits its chief to nominate a co-leader.
The remaining candidates within the party ballot had been Lower House lawmaker Ryuna Kanemura, 45, Lower House member Seiki Soramoto, 60 and Upper House lawmaker Shigefumi Matsuzawa, 66.
