According to the Japanese newspaper "Mainichi Shimbun," on the 14th, Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Takayuki Higashikokubaru gave a speech, mentioning that the Komeito party had decided to exit the ruling coalition. She joked: "I became the LDP chairman, but I am called 'a woman who might not become prime minister,' it's really pitiful for Takayuki Higashikokubaru."
At the same time, she also expressed her strong desire to become prime minister, "Even in this situation, I will not give up. I will do everything I can until the moment of the prime minister's nomination."
Takayuki Higashikokubaru is one of the representative figures of right-wing politicians in Japan and has visited the Yasukuni Shrine multiple times.
On the 4th of this month, Takayuki Higashikokubaru was elected as the president of the LDP. According to regulations, she still needs to pass the prime minister's nomination election to become the Prime Minister of Japan. On the 10th, Komeito conveyed its decision to exit the ruling coalition to the LDP, making the path for Takayuki Higashikokubaru to become prime minister suddenly uncertain.
Currently, the LDP holds 196 out of 465 seats in the House of Representatives, still short of 37 seats to reach a majority. The Constitutional Democratic Party stated that if the opposition parties unite, it is not impossible to achieve a change of government.
According to Japanese media reports, Japan plans to hold a special session of the Diet on the 21st, but the LDP and the opposition have not yet reached an agreement on the date of the prime minister's nomination election.
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