National Democratic Party faces obstacles, Takuji Tamaki: facing headwinds in the "Takashi Wind"

The Japan National Democratic Party will formally step up efforts and expand its influence at the local level. The party believes that one of the reasons for its low approval ratings in the House of Representatives election was the weakness of its local organization. Therefore, it aims to increase the number of local legislators, focusing on the upcoming spring unified local elections and future national elections. However, the party is currently facing a crisis due to consecutive scandals within the party.

Party leader Takuji Tamaki stated on February 21: "The House of Representatives election took place under the 'Takashi Wind' environment, and we faced headwinds." He also called for: "To make the party's foundation more solid, local legislative elections are crucial."

In this House of Representatives election, the party had set a goal of "securing more than 51 seats," but ultimately only won 28 seats, increasing by just one seat from the announcement of the election. The party had seen continuous growth in the 2024 House of Representatives election and the 2025 Senate election, but this time, due to the sudden dissolution of the House of Representatives for a general election, the problem of insufficient preparation was fully exposed. According to the party's statistics, there are about 330 local legislators. Party officials reflected: "The system supporting national election activities is not yet well established."

He said: "It is now time to re-examine our policies, publicity, and organizational operations," and clearly stated that the party will actively put forward candidates to participate in the county council elections and unified local elections this year.

On the other hand, the party is currently experiencing a crisis of fundamental instability. On the 20th, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a new candidate who lost in the Tokyo 7th district parliamentary election on suspicion of violating the Public Offices Election Act (buying votes). Takuji Tamaki vowed at the meeting on the 21st to prevent such incidents from happening again: "We will take compliance as the top priority and treat it as a party-wide issue, ensuring that such events do not happen again."

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