Political parties began gearing up in earnest for the upcoming House of Representatives election on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower chamber of parliament.
Takayuki Kobayashi, policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said at a news conference in the city of Chiba that the ruling bloc will “create a strong economy by decisively carrying out responsible and proactive fiscal policy” advocated by the prime minister.
Noting that the Japanese Innovation Party has joined the ruling bloc after the LDP’s previous partner Komeito left the coalition, Kobayashi said that the Feb. 8 Lower House poll will be “an election to ask the public whether Takaichi or another person should lead state management under a new framework.”
